Water Coolers Banned from Scotland’s Hospitals
Scotland’s NHS recently announced that they are to remove all water coolers in hospitals as they attempt to minimise the risk of infection. In the middle of August this year, staff in Glasgow hospitals were told to stop using the bottled water coolers and switch to drinking tap water instead.
Are Peaks in Legionnaires’ Disease Linked to Increased Rainfall?
In this article our legionella experts look at research around climate change and whether increased rainfall is linked with peaks in cases of Legionnaires’ disease around the World.
Pseudomonas Infections Lead Hospital Trust to Review Safety
This article reports on a number of hospital acquired pseudomonas infections at a UK hospital, what happened and how the operators of the hospital dealt with the issues.
Updated BS 8580-1:2019 for Legionella Risk Assessments
The main British Standard dealing with legionella risk assessments has recently been updated and is now titled BS 8580-1:2019. It has been updated to align it with the Health and Safety Executives ACOP L8 and other guidance documents such as HSG 274.
Sands Resort Faces Another Legionella Lawsuit
Sands Resort Faces Another Legionella Lawsuit
Legionella Risk Assessor for London & South East
This full-time role will involve the delivery of specialist legionella risk assessments, training, consultancy and risk management advice to clients.
The role is primarily home based covering London and the South East of England although the job may also require travel throughout the United Kingdom and internationally.