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Susanne Hyllestad
Public Health
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Open AccessAdherence to Legionella control regulations and guidelines in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional survey
Infection by Legionella bacteria is a risk to elderly individuals in health care facilities and should be managed by preventing bacterial proliferation in internal water systems. Norwegian legislation calls for a...
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Open AccessEvaluation of the pilot wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway, June 2022 – March 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based surveillance gained great international interest as an additional tool to monitor SARS-CoV-2. In autumn 2021, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health decided to ...
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Open AccessCompliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway
Water advisories, especially those concerning boiling drinking water, are widely used to reduce risks of infection from contaminants in the water supply. Since the effectiveness of boil water advisories (BWAs)...
