After the case of Legionella in Cheremule, the Asl of Sassari requested analyzes on Legionella tests to detect its presence in the water and aeraulic systems, frequented by the patient currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the San Pietro clinics in Sassari.
The 47-year-old woman, originally from Mores but residing in Cheremule, had ended up in the Ozieri hospital after experiencing the first symptoms with high fever and difficulty breathing. The worsening of his health conditions had forced the doctors to order immediate hospitalization in the intensive care unit of the Sassari clinics, where the doctors reserve the right to dissolve the prognosis not before the next 48 hours.
The facts. On Sunday night, the woman's family members reported her urgent hospitalization to the mayor of Cheremule, Salvatore Masia, indicating the municipal swimming pool among the places frequented, as well as other various trips where the patient performed the cleaning service.
The following Monday, following the report from the Asl of Sassari, which had received communication from the Sassari hospital department, the municipal administration closed the swimming pool as a precaution, a decision taken by the mayor for safety reasons. From the checks carried out by the pool manager, in close collaboration with the Local Health Authority of Sassari, the Control Plan and the Risk Assessment Document are perfectly respected.
On Tuesday, the surveys by the technicians of the Public Health and Hygiene Service of Sassari. However, on Wednesday it was decided to start a thermal disinfection in the plant, including the changing rooms and unused showers. Thursday the reopening of the swimming pool to the public. The mayor asks for official confirmation from the local health authority which in a note assures that there is no correlation between the case of legionellosis and the use of the facility, whose water is regularly treated and controlled and whose parameters are perfectly within the norm.
