On Friday, September 20th, 2019, the 125th anniversary of the institute for hygiene and public health (ihph) was celebrated in the university club Bonn. All speeches were held not only by excellent experts of medicine and hygiene but by extraordinary capacities in public health research and science. The specialists all agreed in one point: to meet future challenges it will not be enough to gather and apply expert know-how, it needs meta competence as a key factor for every expert to attain good results in the tasks the “global village” presents. Honored was Prof. Dr. med Martin Exner who has presided the institute for more than 25 years for his outstanding achievements in the public health sector – not only in Germany but worldwide. It was a great honor for our board of directors to participate in a very inspiring celebration of a remarkable anniversary. The ihph ist the third oldest hygiene institute in Germany. Chapeau! Exner warned that expert knowledge alone will not be sufficient in the european and global context to meet future hygienic challenges. It needs meta competencies.
Professional services
- Drinking water testing for Legionella according to Drinking Water Ordinance (core business)
- Drinking water testing for microbiological and chemical parameters prior to commissioning of systems (e.g. acceptance sampling)
- Testing of swimming pool and bathing water
- Testing of raw water
- Random samples (Z-samples) in drinking and utility water installations for chemical parameters, especially heavy metals
- Graduated stagnation samples (S0, S1, S2 samples) for chemical parameters, especially heavy metals
- On-site determination of electrical conductivity and pH value of water
- Qualitative sensory testing of drinking water on site
Service offerings
- Processing of client’s object lists and maintenance of inventory data in EDV systems
- Object inspections to determine testing obligations and, if necessary, establishment of sampling points
- Nationwide standardized sampling by quality management-integrated, hygiene and sensoric trained samplers with takeover of user/tenant communication
- Schedule planning for test-obligated apartments between 12:00 pm and 8:00 pm; individual appointments with individual tenants/users
- Correspondence with health authorities on behalf of the client
- Monitoring of deadlines for all recurring testing obligations on behalf of the client”