Tag: legionella
Legionella Risk Assessment: When And How Often Should My Risk Assessment Be Reviewed?
Legionella Risk Assessments: Competence Of A Legionella Risk Assessor
Legionella Risk Assessment: Agreeing The Scope & Demonstrating Independence
Legionella: The Definitive Guide To Post Clean and Disinfection Sampling
Legionella: A Guide To A Clean and Disinfection – The Disinfection
An Interview with Nick Barsby, Chairman of the Legionella Control Association
Nick Barsby is a man who needs no introduction. As the Chair of the Legionella Control Association, it’s Nick’s job to oversee the single most influential organisation in the industry. Nick has been in the role since 2021, having been Vice Chair since 2017 and has enjoyed every challenging moment of it. We caught up with him at a recent LCA event to learn more about what makes his role so exciting.
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Meet Ian Bufton, Managing Director of LeafOne
Meet Ian Bufton, Managing Director of LeafOne, the software company behind SampleTrack. Ian has been in the software industry for over 25 years! He’s working hard to grow the scope of SampleTrack. LeafOne want to help even more customers solve their sampling problems with software.
We caught up with Ian to learn more about his software design philosophy, and about the exiting things LeafOne has in store for SampleTrack.
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A health centre has had to relocate to a temporary building after dangerous levels of legionella bacteria was found in its water supply. The health centre, which is located in Amersham, Buckinghamshire has been evacuated and will operate from its new accommodation for between eight and twelve weeks while remedial actions are undertaken.
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Legionella is a bacterial disease that causes severe pneumonia, especially in the elderly. Any building that regularly has visitors is at risk of hosting Legionella, and builders and contractors are responsible for maintaining this bacteria within acceptable limits. How do you know what your control standards are? The British Standards Institute has released an updated version of the standard it originally drew up in 1992: BS7592:2008; BS7592:2022
Let’s take a look at the some of the key updates to this standard surrounding sampling for the presence of legionella bacteria.
This article is part of the Water Hygiene Newsletter.
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