PathoCERT

Pathogens are a determining factor in emergency response due to their life-threatening nature, both for the public as well as for the safety of first responders. In many cases, pathogen contaminations are difficult to detect, and require specialized technologies, tools and procedures to handle them. Waterborne pathogen contamination events can occur anywhere, and may be caused by various natural events or they can be the result of human activity, either accidental or malicious. During these emergencies, first responders may need to operate within a certain pre-defined incident area, and are likely to be exposed to contaminated water originating from various sources, such as surface water, wastewater or drinking water. This can pose a significant risk of illness, disease or even death, through skin contact, ingestion or inhalation.

The overall objective of the PathoCERT project is to strengthen the coordination capability of the first responders in handling waterborne pathogen contamination events, allowing the rapid and accurate detection of pathogens, improving their situational awareness and their ability to control and mitigate emergency situations involving waterborne pathogens. To achieve this objective, the project will research and demonstrate Pathogen Contamination Emergency Response Technologies (PathoCERT), a collection of novel, cost-effective and easy-to-use technologies, tools and guidelines, which will be field-validated by the first responders.

Consortium

University of Cyprus, Cyprus
National Technical University of Athens – NTUA, Greece
Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu Cluj-napoca, Romania
Cetaqua, Centro Tecnologico del Agua, Fundacion Privada, Spain
Fundacio Eurecat, Spain
Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis, Greece
Kwr Water B.v., Netherlands
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Germany
Satways – Proionta kai Ypiresies Tilematikis Diktyakon kai Tilepikinoniakon Efarmogon Etairia Periorismenis Efthinis Epe, Greece
MicroLAN, Netherlands
AQUA-Q AB, Sweden
Phoebe Research and Innovation Ltd, Cyprus
Engineering – Ingegneria Informatica Spa, Italy
Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production Ggmbh, Germany
Water Europe, Belgium

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