{"id":543958,"date":"2026-08-26T23:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/training-centre\/analytical-sciences\/legionella-risk-and-sampling-for-legionella-analysis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T20:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:18:29","slug":"legionella-risk-and-sampling-for-legionella-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/training-centre\/analytical-sciences\/legionella-risk-and-sampling-for-legionella-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Legionella risk and sampling for Legionella analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-bloc \">\n    <div class=\"container grid \">\n\n       \n        <div class=\"hero-bloc__content\">\n            <div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\n        <p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/\">Accueil<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"hero-bloc__title\">Legionella risk and sampling for Legionella analysis <\/h1>\n                                    <div class=\"hero-bloc__ctas\">\n                                                                                                <a class=\"phy-btn   phy-btn--link  \"  href=\"\/centre-de-formation\/pre-inscription-a-une-formation\/\" target=\"\" class=\"hero-bloc__cta\">Pre-register<\/a>\n                                                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <picture class=\"thumb\">\n            \n        <\/picture>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-tag wp-block-paragraph\">TRAINING CENTRE<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe48cfd3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-beige-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Target audience: Cooling tower water maintenance staff and operators carrying out water sampling for analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration: 7 to 14 hours depending on equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: On-site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prerequisites: None<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open (inter-company) price: \u20ac650 excl. 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Legionella: presentation of the germ, pathogenicity, origin and characteristics<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Definition of legionellosis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2. Colonisation of installations, mode of contamination<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Factors favouring development: temperature, scaling, corrosion, stagnation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3. Current regulations for cooling tower water<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-beige-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>4. 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