The UK’s Health and Safety Executive have recently issued a warning concerning the standard of legionella risk assessments following the successful conviction of a UK water treatment company that conducted inadequate and misleading surveys at several nursing homes.
Legionella Control Association, in July 2005 the UK’s Code of Conduct Association changed its name to the Legionella Control Association or LCA as it it often referred.
The UK’s Health & Safety Executive has issued a warning to organisations concerning their responsibilities to control levels of Legionella bacteria after they fined a Liverpool hospital for serious legionella control related failings.
Legionella is the genus of bacteria, which gives rise to the risk of infection from diseases, collectively known as legionellosis.
Legionella Control International’s guide to legionella risk assessments for dental practices has been prepared to help those involved in the provision of dental services, including dentists, dental support staff and service engineers to understand more about legionella risk assessments including whether you need one, and what is involved if you do.
The UK’s Health & Safety Executives ACOP L8 recommends that routine testing for Legionella bacteria in wet cooling systems be carried out at least quarterly, and more frequently when a system is being commissioned, or if the bacteria has been identified on a previous occasion.
Legionella compliance for residential care homes, nursing homes and healthcare premises is an essential process that must be carefully managed as the consequences of getting it wrong can be serious.
Dip slides are identified in the UK’s Health and Safety Executives Approved Code of Practice ACOP L8 which recommends their use for periodic microbiological monitoring of wet cooling systems including cooling towers.
Legionella compliance for schools, colleges, universities and other education premises is an essential organisational risk management process that must be carefully managed. Get to grips with the process with our legionella checklist.
AS/NZS 3666 Part 3 covers air-handling and water systems of buildings, microbial control, performance based maintenance of cooling water systems