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Table 5 Tap water appliances, hotel X, Norway, March 2007

From: Investigation of Swedish cases reveals an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis at a Norwegian hotel with possible links to in-house water systems

Tap water appliances

Use

Filter

Time since last filter change*

Ice machine in a small supplementary kitchen (meeting rooms' kitchen)

Ice cubes for water jugs in meeting rooms

5 μm cellulose filter (Cuno Micro-Klean II, G78 B2)

18 months

Ice machine in the bar

Ice cubes for drinks in the bar

Directly connected to water pipe

NA

Water dispensers in meeting rooms

Drinking water in meeting rooms

5 μm carbon filter (Omnipure K 2520P) and <0.5 μm ceramic filter (NSF standard 42&53)

5.5 months

Water purification system in the main kitchen

Bottled drinking water in the dining hall

1 μm particle filter and carbon filter, and an UV filter

Changed 2–3 times a year

  1. NA, non applicable; NSF, National Sanitation Foundation; UV, ultraviolet
  2. * Recommended time to replace filters is generally 6–7 months
  3. † No controlled documentation available