A water system affected by stagnation risks transforming into a rich biological habitat for opportunistic pathogens. Here, Holger Eggert, head of product management and business development at Aqua free Group, looks in depth at why stagnation remains one of healthcare’s most underestimated risks and what estates teams need to do in order to prevent it.
In healthcare estates, risk does not always arrive with a siren. More often, it develops quietly, within systems that appear to be functioning normally while gradually drifting away from the conditions they were designed to maintain. Few issues illustrate this better than stagnation in potable water systems.
Water, in a healthcare setting, is almost instinctively associated with cleanliness and safety. It is the medium of hand hygiene, patient washing, clinical cleaning, food preparation, and countless routine activities that support care. Yet that sense of safety is tied to a basic assumption: that water is moving, turning over, and remaining within the parameters intended by design and operation.
In reality, it often is not.
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