Water Hygiene Centre Blog

Water Hygiene Guidance When managing Legionella and other waterborne pathogens we must keep concise, accurate records of all our activities. HSG274 Part 2 sections 24 – 26 and HTM04-01 Part B Para...

For this Blog, we will primarily be talking about water safety; i.e. Legionella preventative maintenance or carrying out Legionella risk assessments.

  In part 2 of this blog we outline the basics of legionella management for any organisation looking at log books, records & dealing with non-compliance.

 

If you are a Head Teacher what are your responsibilities in relation to preventing or controlling Legionella in your school?

As a recap on the first and second parts of this blog series on sampling, we’ve already covered; sampling strategy, taking a water sample and the chain of custody. In this final blog of the series,...

  Good water safety management within school properties can be distilled into the following areas: 1 – Determining management arrangements and responsibility; 2 – Establishing the level of Legionella...

        Older properties can provide unique problems when trying to manage the water systems especially if the water systems were installed before any of the Water Supply (Water Fittings)...

  What is the appetite for risk amongst managers of education estates with responsibility for health & safety? We would expect such organisations to operate on the basis that risks to health and...

  In this blog, we discuss water chemistry and closed-system water treatment where the principal guidance is taken from BSRIA guide BG50:2021. This guide is intended for use by facilities managers...