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Legionella |
Combating Legionella Checklist |
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| The HSE Approved Code of Practice " The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems" known as L8 was released and came into force on the 8th January 2001. This new document amalgamates the two previous documents and has allowed existing information to be consolidated and new information to be added. A need to revise the previous documents arose because industry standards and working practices seeking to control legionella have continued to evolve; our understanding of the disease process and the microbiology of the primary causative organism, Legionella pneumophila, has also further advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consequently, many of the revisions are intended to amplify detail rather than change concepts. Crucial amongst these concepts is that it is not the absence (or presence) of legionella in a single sample that is significant but the existence of the circumstances that could lead to rapid proliferation of the organism to hazardous levels. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A preventative strategy must therefore be in place. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1/Risk Assessment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Have you identified and assessed sources of risk of Legionella within the water systems at your premises ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/Responsible Person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Have you appointed a person to be managerially responsible to oversee the Legionella control regime ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3/Monitoring/Control Tasks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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