Performing High Quality Legionella Assessments
Comprehensive training for engineers, water treatment specialists, industrial hygienists, and environmental health specialists that want to perform high quality Legionella assessments in hospitals, hotels, or industrial facilities. 

The course held May 19-21, 2009 at Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort in Carlsbad, CA, USA, involved two classroom days of classroom training and one day of hands-on training at a hospital.

The next course, tentatively planned for early Fall 2010, will likely involve the same classroom training but with videos of inspections instead of a facility walk through.

Why you should attend

• Expand your business to provide Legionella assessment services.

• Enhance your career with credentials and competence

• Improve the quality of your public health investigations.

You’ll learn...

• Important foundational facts about Legionella and other waterborne pathogens

• Specific and cost effective ways to minimize bacteria in water systems

• How to inspect plumbing systems and cooling towers

• The best methods for choosing sample locations and collecting water samples

• Secrets to conducting efficient and thorough facility assessments

• Simple formulas for estimating the time and expenses required to conduct assessments

Agenda and Location  Top

The classroom training will be held from 8:30am to 3:00pm in an ocean-view meeting room at the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort, 3075 Carlsbad Boulevard, Carlsbad, CA 92008, www.carlsbadinn.com. Breakfast and lunch will be provided both days.

A few rooms at the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort are blocked for course attendees. To reserve a room, contact Caroleann Petz at 1-800-235-3939 (x451) or CPetz@gpresorts.com, and tell her you will be attending the HC Info seminar. Rooms are limited, especially during the San Diego high season, so book early.

The least expensive and perhaps the simplest way to get from the San Diego airport to the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort is to take the Coaster train to the Carlsbad Village station. The hotel is a short walk from there. Plenty of shops and restaurants are within walking distance from the hotel. To get to the Coaster from the San Diego airport, take bus 992 (the bus leaves the airport about every 12 minutes) or a taxi to Broadway & Kettner, and then get on the northbound Coaster at the Santa Fe depot. The Coaster does not run all day, so be sure to check its schedule (http://www.gonctd.com/coaster_schedules.htm) against your flight arrival time. Another option for getting from the airport to the hotel is Cloud 9 Shuttle (www.cloud9shuttle.com), at approximately $57 one way.

What attendees have said about our other courses   Top

“Extremely beneficial. I recommend it to all my colleagues.” Rich Knestaut, Hydro-Logic Inc., Gloucester, N.J. 

“Course was very good—provided insight into Legionella and risk assessment.” Jay Farmerie, Cyrus Rice Water Consultants, Moon Township, Penn. 

“The speaker made it applicable & appropriate for all levels of experience. He didn’t talk at a level over your head.” Melissa Freedman, Plumbing & HVAC engineer, Detroit

"I had read extensively on the subject, but this added information I had not come across.” Matt Copthorne, Chemtech, Inc.

“This course is an excellent resource for hospital management and their consultants.” Joe Ficek, Grumman/Butkus Associates, Evanston, Ill.

"I would recommend this to all of my colleagues!” Joe Russell, President, Watertech of America Inc., Hales Corners, Wisc.

“Very informative, extremely helpful” Daniel Wong, Chem-Aqua, Inc.

“Quality of material both presented and handed out was excellent.” John Loop, Environmental Health & Safety Officer, University of Ottawa

“Very good presentation – I feel much more confident to evaluate potential Legionella risk.” Walter Tyler, Technical Director, Cascade Water Services, Hicksville, N.Y.

"The environmental sampling procedures and methodology recommended were extensive and useful.” Lap-chi Shek, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, EMSD Energy Efficiency Office, Hong Kong

“The seminar addressed everything I can think of. I feel very comfortable with future dealings with this problem.” Steve Gauer, water treatment specialist, Huntington Beach, Calif. 

“Great course…will not hesitate to recommend to customers.”  Rafael Gonzalez, President, Xelera Inc. (water treatment), Salem, VA

“Really enjoyed this excellent treatment and presentation of a very large subject matter.” Bill Pearson, Southeastern Labs, Raleigh, NC

“Excellent discussion at understandable level.” David Woodard, healthcare consultant

“Very useful to my company’s business development” Roderick Thorpe, MSc, CIAQP, Enviroperfect Inc., Montreal

“Lots of good information to take home for digestion & referral.” R. Stewart, infection control professional and laboratorian