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Legionellosis Risk Assessment
FREE: Assessing the need for legionella risk assessments
by Daniel Pitcher, on 16-10-2018
Case Study: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) improves the approach to assess the need for completing legionella risk assessments. The two-year risk assessment review frequency,...
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All about Legionella Risk Assessments
by Daniel Pitcher, on 09-10-2018
The objective of this article is to provide a more detailed overview of the importance of getting your legionella risk assessment right. There are a variety of types of risk assessment, it is...
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Time to check out Legionnaires’ disease - The risk to Hotels
by Daniel Pitcher, on 06-09-2018
The Ramada Park Hall Hotel is a Grade II listed building Credit: Google Maps In recent months there have been numerous published cases of Legionnaires’ disease associated with hotels: Hotel closed ...
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Is there an issue with the de-strat loop pump?
by Water Hygiene Centre, on 22-08-2018
As an AP, you've just come across this installation - what don't you like about it?
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Developing a plan for controlling Legionnaires’ Disease
by Water Hygiene Centre, on 05-07-2018
The single most important aspect of good water hygiene management is having a ‘plan’, hence the expression; ‘fail to plan, then plan to fail’!
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CDC Report on Pool Water Outbreaks
by Water Hygiene Centre, on 12-06-2018
A recent report from the United States’ Centre of Communicable Disease (CDC) published in April 2018 highlighted the problem of cryptosporidium as the pathogen responsible for most outbreaks of...
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Legionella Risk Assessments Explained…
by Water Hygiene Centre, on 12-06-2018
Risk assessments are the ‘cornerstone’ of health and safety. As a reminder to us all, the HSE state ‘It is a legal requirement for every employer and self-employed person to make an assessment of the...
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Legionella Responsible Person – are you competent enough?
by Peter Gunn, on 31-05-2018
The appointed ‘Responsible Person [Water]’ [RP[W]] is typically the Head of Estates, although this will vary depending on your organisations policy. The RP [W] has many management and possibly...
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Legionella Risk: HSE Inspector finds failings in hospital
by Water Hygiene Centre, on 10-05-2018
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust was recently fined a hefty £300,000 and ordered to pay an additional £37,451.78 in costs after pleading guilty to a breach of Health and Safety Law.
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What makes a good Legionella Risk Assessor?
What makes a good Legionella Risk Assessor?
by Charlie Brain, on 22-03-2018
It is all well and good commissioning an external service provider to complete your Legionella risk assessments, but have you ever considered those persons, the ‘risk assessors’, who will be looking...
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