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Archer + Stone
Legionella Control training:“All you need to know to monitor your company’s risk”
Karl Collingwood
Over 10 years experience delivering legionella control training courses
Book your face to face legionella training course today...and equip your staff with the skills they need to carry out effective legionella control
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Legionella Control
This Legionella Control presentation will cover:1. Introduction & history of legionella2. Legislation & legal aspects 3. Risks from legionella 4. Assessing the risk – your site risk assessment5. Controlling the risk – on your site6. Keeping log book records7. Annual review & HSE auditing checklist
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Introduction
Objectives• Ours = teach you enough to manage and control the risk of
Legionella on your site• Yours = ?
Aims• Aims when implementing this learning, ours = site & personnel
are up to standard, risk minimised• Yours = ?
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What do you know?
• Legionnaires' disease, legionella bacteria &
• Myth busting time!!
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History of legionella
• July 1976 American Legion Philadelphia
• 182 cases, 29 deaths
• Dr Joseph McDade isolated the bacteria
• Common in water and soil
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Legislation & legal aspects
• HaSaWA 1974• Management of H&SaW Regulations 1999• COSHH 2002 as amended• ACoP (& G) L8 Jan 2001• Notification of Cooling Towers etc 1992• RIDDOR 1995• Safety Representatives etc Regulations 1977• Corporate Manslaughter & Homicide Act 2007
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Employers' Duties
• It is a legal requirement to take all reasonable steps to minimise the risk from legionella.
• Non-compliance is not an option.
• HaSaWA Section 2 – requires employers to provide plant and systems that are safe
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Everyone shares responsibility
• HaSaWA 2 -duty to employees• HaSaWA 3 – duty to non-employees• HaSaWA 4 – duty imposed on those in control
of the premises
• COSHH Section 6 – risk assessment• 7- implement precautions• 8 + 12 – management• 6 + 9 – keeping records
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ACoP L8
• Legionnaires' disease: The control of legionella bacteria in water systems
• Approved Code of Practice and Guidance
• Special legal status – If you are prosecuted for breach of Health & Safety law and you did not follow the Code, you will need to show you have complied with the law in some other way or the Court will find you at fault.
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ACoP L8
• Scope and Application• Risk Assessment• Management• Control Measures• Record Keeping• Responsibilities of others
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Management & Competence
• Responsible person (and deputy) - sufficient status and authority, be stuitably trained, informed and instructed and have knowledge of the systems.
• Competence – understanding, training, observable skills & knowledge to complete tasks properly and safely
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Exercise 1
Scenario: A case of Legionnaires' disease has occurred in the area near your site. What would happen if the authorities investigated and inspected your premises?
Discuss
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Legionella bacteria
To multiply (proliferate) favourable conditions:
• Water temperature 20-45°C
• Sludge, scale, algae, rust, organic material
• Slimes, biofilms
• Stagnation, low flow of water
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Route to infection
Viable legionella present↓
Aerosol, droplets created↓
Inhaled by unsuspecting people (susceptible)↓
Disease contracted↓
Symptoms, outcome
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Legionellosis
• Legionnaires' disease, Pontiac Fever, Lochgoilhead fever
• Flu-like symptoms, dry cough, muscle pains, headache, dizziness, high temperature, fever & chills, some become delirious
• Fatal in 12% cases
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Susceptibility
• Older age, over 45, most cases 50-70• Smokers, chest illnesses• Poor health, immunosuppressed• Kidney diseases, cancer sufferers • Hence nosocomial cases = acquired in hospital
• BUT generally low risk 1-4%
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Risk Assessment
• General 5 Steps to risk assessment
• Legionella specific aspects
• Site Legionella Risk Assessment
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Control Measures
• Passive control measures
• Active control measures
• Monitoring programme
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Temperatures & Records
• Hot Water
• Cold Water
• Log Book Record Keeping
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Exercise 2
Scenario:An employee seems weak at carrying out legionella control tasks, probably falsifying results to avoid carrying out the work. How would you deal with that situation?
Discuss
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Practical Exercise
Group A: Water outlets temperature checks
Group B: Inspect site water systems
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Recap – what have you learnt?
• Background & History• Route to infection, health issues• Risk Assessment• Control measures• Records
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Review & Auditing
• Annual review of risk assessment and log book
• Use HSE Audit checklist
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Research & Statistics
Look at websites to review information• www.hpa.org.uk - general advice & epidemiological data• www.hse.gov.uk - select Legionnaires' disease• www.ewgli.org - The European Working Group for
Legionella Infections
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Archer + StoneOver 10 years experience delivering legionella control training courses
Book your face to face legionella training course today
...and equip your staff with the skills they need to carry out effective legionella control
Phone: 0845 867 4443Email: Karl CollingwoodWeb: www.archerandstone.co.uk