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Legionella Compliance for Schools, Colleges & Universities - Self Audit Tool |
Legionella compliance for schools, colleges, universities and other education premises is an essential organisational risk management process that must be carefully managed.Our free Legionella compliance self-audit tool has been developed by our education sector specialists specifically for facilities managers, staff, operators and managers of schools ... |
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Legionella Compliance for Care Homes - Self-Audit Checklist |
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. Operators, owners and managers of such healthcare premises have clearly defined obligations ... |
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HTM
01-05 - Legionella Risk Assessments Guide for Dentists
& Dental Service Providers |
Our 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
... |
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BS
8580 - Guide to Risk Assessments for Legionella
Control |
BS 8580 is the British Standard that
deals with risk assessments for the control of Legionella
in water systems and provides independent risk assessors
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Legionella
contaminated water cooler - a world first |
Legionella bacteria detected in a New Zealand
Hospital office-type water cooler filter may be
the first case of its type in the world, health
officials say. They are warning businesses to check
office water cooler filters after the find ... |
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HSE's
Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) L8 |
The Health & Safety Executives primary Legionella
ACoP L8 document, the Approved Code of Practice
& Guidance "Legionnaires' disease: The
control of legionella bacteria in water systems"
offers practical advice and guidance ... |
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HSE
issues warning to NHS Trust Hospital over Legionella
failings |
Liverpool hospital fined for serious Legionella
failings. A warning has been issued by the HSE to
organisations concerning their responsibilities
to control levels of Legionella bacteria ... |
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Legionella
risk assessment - how good is yours? A 5 step guide |
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 ... |
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Controlling
Legionella - Defining the "Responsible Person"
role |
A Job Description - In a Legionella control context
the term "Responsible Person" is identified
in the HSE's Approved Code of Practice & Guidance
document L8 as someone with day-to-day responsibility
for controlling any identified risk from Legionella
bacteria ... |
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A
tool in the fight against Legionella -
.pdf |
Legionella Control International’s précis
of the Department of Health’s HTM 04 will
act as a useful tool for anyone with responsibility
for the control of Legionella in a healthcare environment
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Online
Legionella Training Courses |
If you have a responsibility for health and safety
issues involving the control of Legionella then
you must be suitably trained. In the UK the Health
and Safety Executive point out that inadequate management,
lack of training and poor communication have all
been identified as contributory factors in outbreaks
of Legionnaires’ disease … |
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HTM
04Precis - Controlling Legionella in Healthcare
Environments
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HTM 04 - “Health Technical Memorandum 04-01:
The control of Legionella, hygiene, “safe”
hot water, cold water and drinking water systems”
was first published by the Department of Health
in 2006 replacing HTM 2027 & HTM2040. It builds
on the HSE’s Approved Code of Practice document
“L8” … |
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HSE
Report - Barrow Legionella outbreak, August 2002
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In August 2002, seven members of the public died
and 180 people suffered ill health as a result of
an outbreak .... |
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Legionnaires'
disease at chemical sites
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Outbreaks linked to poor management of wet cooling
systems still occur; often leading to prosecutions
by HSE.... |
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Legionella
Sampling & Monitoring
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All Legionella monitoring programmes should include
routine sampling and testing for the presence of
bacteria, both general (aerobic) bacterial species
and Legionella bacteria.... |
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AS
5059 - Cooling Tower Water Systems - Legionnaires'
Disease
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This Australian Standard sets out an advanced
risk management methodology for the control of Legionnaires'
disease in cooling towers ... |
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Cooling
Towers & Chlorine Dioxide
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The use of chlorine dioxide in cooling towers,
loops and cooling systems greatly assists in the
control of Legionella bacteria, algae.... |
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Chlorine
Dioxide & Water Hygiene
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Water hygiene is concerned with the effective
management and disinfection of water to prevent
pathogen proliferation, especially in stored water
systems.... |
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ACoP L8 -
A Precis by Legionella Control International |
Contact us to request your free copy of our excellent
precis of the UK's primary Legionella control code
of practice & guidance document L8.... |
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AS/NZS
3666 Part 1 - Design, Installation and Commissioning
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Control of Legionella bacteria, Legionnaires’
disease and general microbial control performance
requirements at large installations ... |
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Legionella
Risk Assessment Procedures
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In the UK the Health and Safety Commissions ACoP
L8 sets out guidance.... |
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AS/NZS
3666 Part 2 - Operation and Maintenance
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Identifies the minimum operational and maintenance
requirements associated with the control of microbial
growth in air handling and water systems of commercial
buildings ... |
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AS/NZS
3666 Part 3 - Performance Based Maintenance of Cooling
Water Systems
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Performance based approach to the maintenance
of building services systems and looks at the use
and implementation of automated water treatment
... |
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Dip Slides
- ACoP (L8) and microbiological monitoring
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L8 recommends the use of dip slides for microbiological
monitoring of wet cooling systems.... |
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Legionella
Pneumophila and Legionellosis
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Legionella is the genus of bacteria, which gives
rise to the risk of infection from diseases, collectively
known as legionellosis.... |
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Legionella
Testing - Approved code of practice (L8)
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L8 recommends that routine testing for Legionella
bacteria in wet cooling systems be carried out at
least.... |
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Legionnaires'
Disease
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Legionnaires' disease was named after an outbreak
of a severe pneumonia-like disease that occurred
at the Belle Vue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia,
USA in 1976... |
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Legionella
Control Association |
In July 2005 the UK’s Code of Conduct Association
changed its name to the Legionella Control Association.... |
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Legionnaires'
Disease - Hospitals & healthcare facilities
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Hospital-acquired Legionnaires' Disease usually
originates in hospital water systems.... |
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Legionnaires'
Disease - How do people get it?
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The germ which causes Legionnaires' disease is
a bacterium called Legionella pneumophila.... |
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Legionnaires'
Disease - What are the symptoms?
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The symptoms of Legionnaires' disease are similar
to the symptoms of.... |
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Legionnaires'
Disease - What is it?
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Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia.
It was named after an outbreak of severe.... |
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Legionnaires
Disease - Where does it come from?
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The bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease
is widespread in nature. It mainly lives in water.... |
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Legionella
Glossary |
A comprehensive glossary of Legionella terms.... |
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