Blog Posts About Healthcare

Legionella Risk in Dental Practices

by Water Hygiene Centre, on 22-04-2025

Dental practices, like all other healthcare premises, have a legal duty to provide safe care and treatment to patients and comply with Health and Safety law. Dental practices are typically supplied...

Legionella Risk in Care Homes

by Water Hygiene Centre, on 18-02-2025

The term ‘care home’ may describe a wide range of properties of varying size and complexity catering to people with a wide range of needs. Whilst care providers tend to specialise in a particular...

Water Safety: An Overview for those Responsible in Healthcare

Legionella: An overview for those in Healthcare

by Water Hygiene Centre, on 04-02-2025

In 2002, the UK’s largest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease occurred in Barrow in Furness (B-i-F). The investigation report identified six key failures. Continued sporadic cases and evidence of the...

A Legionella Checklist for Private Healthcare

by Peter Gunn, on 28-01-2025

The private or independent healthcare sector in the UK is largely made up of hospitals and clinics run independently of the National Health Service (NHS). Commonly administered by a commercial...

How to reduce legionella risk in your hospital

by Water Hygiene Centre, on 23-01-2025

Estates and Facilities teams continue to strive for compliant water systems. Whilst the relatively simplistic tasks we have undertaken for many years, broadly -temperature monitoring and condition...

Water Coolers in Healthcare Environments

by Peter Gunn, on 21-01-2025

Despite Summer seeming a very long way off post the Christmas period, adequate indoor hydration remains necessary throughout the year.

Legionella control for hospices and health estates.

by Water Hygiene Centre, on 26-02-2024

To determine an appropriate and proportionate control strategy for the safe management of waterborne bacteria such as Legionella species (spp.), it’s prudent to understand the differences between...

Healthcare - Who is the Authorising Engineer (Water)?

by Water Hygiene Centre, on 22-02-2024

The title ‘Authorising Engineer (AE)’ is not new and has been in use for many years within the industry, where high-risk activities require a ‘competent person’ to oversee and provide assurance...

HTM 04-01 - Safe Water in Healthcare premises explained

by Roy Sullivan, on 20-02-2024

Safe Water in a healthcare environment is something that we all expect and assume is the case, however, some conditions and circumstances may affect the quality of the “wholesome” (as defined by The...

Tips for the control of waterborne pathogens in healthcare

by Water Hygiene Centre, on 14-02-2024

The use of ‘temperature’ is the accepted and ‘traditional' method of control for ensuring waterborne bacteria such as Legionella within healthcare domestic water distribution systems (ACoP L8, ...

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