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Blog Posts by Charlie Brain

 

Charlie Brain

Charlie started the Water Hygiene Centre as a trainee risk assessor back in 2010, since then he has developed professionally from risk assessor, project manager and is now a Senior Consultant. During this time he has taken ownership of our risk assessment method and development of our bespoke reporting platform and has been key in our UKAS accreditation to 17020.
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Water Safety & Legionella: How to improve your record keeping?
by Charlie Brain, on 24-01-2023
  In our recent blog What are 'Good Records' for water safety? we learnt what water safety records are, why we need to keep them, and how to make them “good”.  In this blog, we discuss ways to...
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Property Management Guide to Legionella Risk Assessments
by Charlie Brain, on 22-11-2022
If you are a Property Management Company, you will typically take responsibility for the management, maintenance, security and upkeep of a variety of properties. These properties may include...
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Legionella - Role of the Responsible Person and Duty Holder
by Charlie Brain, on 07-09-2022
This blog hopes to answer questions received from our clients regarding the clarification of roles undertaken by the Dutyholder and the Responsible Person (Water). 
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Why am I still getting TVCs after disinfecting and flushing?
by Charlie Brain, on 23-08-2022
  In this blog, we discuss reasons why a disinfection, sampling and flushing strategy may not have worked as intended, leaving undesirable levels of TVCs.
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Council’s and Housing stock – how to manage Legionella
by Charlie Brain, on 20-05-2022
This blog attempts to answer a conundrum regularly pondered by Councils, housing associations and private landlords…. “do our 1000’s houses need a Legionella Risk Assessment?”  The regular response...
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What are 'Good Records' for water safety?
What are 'Good Records' for water hygiene?
by Charlie Brain, on 09-02-2022
  Records are a foundation stone of successful water hygiene management. They are evidence, without which, it is very difficult to convince others that a task has been completed.
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Property Management - Legionella in offices
Property Management: Legionella in Commercial Offices
by Charlie Brain, on 26-01-2022
    Like many buildings in the UK, commercial office buildings have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically, how often, and how they are used. This blog explores the risks that water...
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Compliance and Legionella Risk Assessment
by Charlie Brain, on 12-10-2021
  As a reminder to us all, the HSE state that it is a legal requirement for every employer and self-employed person to assess the health and safety risks arising out of their work. The purpose of an...
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Legionella Risk Assessment – An Animal Interest Story
by Charlie Brain, on 18-08-2021
    Our Legionella Risk Assessors travel the length and breadth of the British Isles, from the Shetland Islands in the north, to the Channel Islands in the south. They also get to visit a wide range...
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Separating Legionella Risk Assessments and Remedial Works
by Charlie Brain, on 15-06-2021
  Identifying and assessing risks is the first key to good health and safety management. In the Legionella industry the risk assessment is no different, and a requirement under the HSE’s Approved...
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