2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

The 2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium was held Nov. 7 at the company’s Watts Works Learning Center in North Andover, Massachusetts. Photos by John McNally/pme

November 12, 2018

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

A group of 2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium attendees talk over during dinner Nov. 6 at Turner’s Seafood in Salem, Massachusetts. Turner’s is the site of the first public display of a long distance phone call by Alexander Graham Bell in 1877.

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

The 2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium was held Nov. 7 at the company’s Watts Works Learning Center in North Andover, Massachusetts.

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

A welcome sign to all attendees of the Watts Healthcare Symposium, which featured engineers, architects, pathogen experts and more.

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

Special Pathogens Laboratory Technical Director Frank Sidari III, P.E., kicked off the 2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium. He discussed Legionella and other pathogens that engineers need to understand when designing plumbing systems.

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

More than 30 industry members attended Watts Water Technologies’ first-ever Healthcare Symposium.

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

Loie Couch, an infection prevention specialist and registered nurse at St. Louis, Missouri’s Barnes Jewish Hospital, tells attendees about disaster preparedness and response best practices.

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

Nick Ganzon, Watts Water Technologies’ vice president of global electronics and water quality, addresses the group before the lunch break at Watts Healthcare Symposium. Ganzon says the company has a multi-step approach to protecting against pathogens and Legionella. Check out the Facebook Live video Ganzon did with pme Chief Editor John McNally at here.

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

After lunch, everyone took a tour of the Watts Works Learning Center, which opened in 2016.

2018 Watts Healthcare Symposium

Christoph Lohr, P.E., with Henderson Engineers’ Phoenix office, presents and discusses healthcare design issues and pathogens with the group.

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