In this article we review the rare but serious lung condition known as Legionnaires’ disease looking at its diagnosis, treatment and consider whether it is preventable.
We start by reviewing typical symptoms and what’s involved in diagnosing the condition, how it can be treated and conclude with measures that can be put into place to control the risks to people, including the management of water safety in engineered water systems.
In this article we ask are showers safe from legionella and other dangerous bacteria? While there is robust legislation in place covering UK businesses requiring them to keep their water systems safe and free from dangerous bacteria such as legionella, you may be surprised to learn that private homes have no such controls.
Practical legionella awareness courses delivered by experts.
Our specialist legionella training courses for 2020 include Legionella Awareness, Responsible Person, Duty Holder and Refresher training.
Public courses are run at convenient locations throughout the United Kingdom including London, Manchester and Glasgow. We also offer training courses that can be delivered exclusively for your staff, at your premises.
Each course has been developed to support individuals with responsibility for the management and control of legionella and Legionnaires’ disease in the workplace. Our courses give people the knowledge and skills to fulfil their responsibilities with confidence.
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places a general duty on all employers to provide suitable training to ensure the safety and health of their employees in the workplace.
The Health and Safety Executive deal with the requirement for legionella training more specifically in their Approved Code of Practice ACOP L8 stating that it is important that anyone involved in managing and controlling Legionella risks must be properly trained to a standard that ensures tasks are performed in a safe and technically competent manner. In short, they MUST be competent to do thier job.
The Health and Safety Executive also recommend that regular auditing and refresher training be carried out to help ensure people’s skills are kept up to date.
Our main UK training centres are located in central London, Manchester and Glasgow and these are supported by satellite training centres in Birmingham, Bristol and Newcastle.
We can also deliver our training courses exclusively at client premises, and further afield for clients based outside the UK.
The training course dates and locations given below are for our 2020 public courses. Other course venues and dates are available on request.
If you don’t see a course or location suitable for your needs, please contact us to discuss our on-site training services where we send a specialist trainer to you.
Water Treatment Services offer specialist training courses designed to support those with responsibility for the management and control of Legionella bacteria and Legionnaires’ disease in the workplace.
Delivered by experienced water safety experts, our training courses seek to improve the recognition, management and control of legionella risks; and to help organisations and individuals meet their legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the COSHH Regulations 2002 and the HSE’s ACOP L8.
Our main UK training centres are located in London serving the South and South East England, Manchester (North West), Birmingham (Midlands), Bristol (South East England and Wales), Leeds (North and North East) and Glasgow (Scotland), and these are supported by satellite training centres in Belfast and Newcastle.
If you are interested in this or any of our other 2020 training courses and would like to receive further details, including dates and venues please contact us.
Contact us now for more information or for your FREE, no obligation quote.
More information about our legionella training courses … learn more here →
In this article we review the rare but serious lung condition known as Legionnaires’ disease looking at its diagnosis, treatment and consider whether it is preventable.
We start by reviewing typical symptoms and what’s involved in diagnosing the condition, how it can be treated and conclude with measures that can be put into place to control the risks to people, including the management of water safety in engineered water systems.
In this article we ask are showers safe from legionella and other dangerous bacteria? While there is robust legislation in place covering UK businesses requiring them to keep their water systems safe and free from dangerous bacteria such as legionella, you may be surprised to learn that private homes have no such controls.
Practical legionella awareness courses delivered by experts.
Our specialist legionella training courses for 2020 include Legionella Awareness, Responsible Person, Duty Holder and Refresher training.
Public courses are run at convenient locations throughout the United Kingdom including London, Manchester and Glasgow. We also offer training courses that can be delivered exclusively for your staff, at your premises.
Each course has been developed to support individuals with responsibility for the management and control of legionella and Legionnaires’ disease in the workplace. Our courses give people the knowledge and skills to fulfil their responsibilities with confidence.
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places a general duty on all employers to provide suitable training to ensure the safety and health of their employees in the workplace.
The Health and Safety Executive deal with the requirement for legionella training more specifically in their Approved Code of Practice ACOP L8 stating that it is important that anyone involved in managing and controlling Legionella risks must be properly trained to a standard that ensures tasks are performed in a safe and technically competent manner. In short, they MUST be competent to do thier job.
The Health and Safety Executive also recommend that regular auditing and refresher training be carried out to help ensure people’s skills are kept up to date.
Our main UK training centres are located in central London, Manchester and Glasgow and these are supported by satellite training centres in Birmingham, Bristol and Newcastle.
We can also deliver our training courses exclusively at client premises, and further afield for clients based outside the UK.
The training course dates and locations given below are for our 2020 public courses. Other course venues and dates are available on request.
If you don’t see a course or location suitable for your needs, please contact us to discuss our on-site training services where we send a specialist trainer to you.
Water Treatment Services offer specialist training courses designed to support those with responsibility for the management and control of Legionella bacteria and Legionnaires’ disease in the workplace.
Delivered by experienced water safety experts, our training courses seek to improve the recognition, management and control of legionella risks; and to help organisations and individuals meet their legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the COSHH Regulations 2002 and the HSE’s ACOP L8.
Our main UK training centres are located in London serving the South and South East England, Manchester (North West), Birmingham (Midlands), Bristol (South East England and Wales), Leeds (North and North East) and Glasgow (Scotland), and these are supported by satellite training centres in Belfast and Newcastle.
If you are interested in this or any of our other 2020 training courses and would like to receive further details, including dates and venues please contact us.
Contact us now for more information or for your FREE, no obligation quote.
More information about our legionella training courses … learn more here →
The following presentation takes a look at Legionnaires’ disease in the UK from a health and safety perspective dating back to 1991. It considers Legionella bacteria and where it is commonly found, how Legionella infection occurs, legionellosis, Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks and common sources of contamination including hot and cold water services and cooling towers.
The following presentation examines Legionella testing and water sampling of spas and fountains during Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in the USA. The presentation looks at Legionella water sampling of spas, decorative fountains, sprinkler systems, eye wash safety stations, humidifiers and respiratory care equipment; together with the measurement of other water quality parameters. The video featured in this presentation is one by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that gives an introduction to environmental health and engineering measures for Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigations in the USA.
The following presentation explains how to sample cooling towers for Legionella during Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in the USA. The presentation looks at Legionella water sampling of cooling towers, how to take biofilm swabs, the measurement of other water quality parameters, and selection of typical sampling sites. The video featured here is one published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives an introduction to environmental health and engineering measures for Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigations in the USA.
The following presentation looks at sampling potable water for Legionella bacteria during Legionnaires disease outbreaks in the USA. It discusses Legionella water sampling of showers and hot water outlets, together with the measurement of other water quality parameters (temperature, pH, chlorine residual), and the selection of typical sampling sites. The video featured in this article is from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives an introduction to environmental health and engineering measures for legionellosis outbreak investigations in the USA.
The following presentation looks at Legionella testing and water sampling and how to make a sampling plan for Legionnaires’ outbreak investigations in the USA. The presentation uses the example of a legionellosis outbreak at a hotel to demonstrate how to develop a clear and well organised water sampling plan which will help minimise the cost of testing as well maximising your ability to make good recommendations once test results are available.
The video, the third in a series published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives an introduction to environmental health and engineering measures for legionellosis outbreak investigations in the USA.
In this article we review the rare but serious lung condition known as Legionnaires’ disease looking at its diagnosis, treatment and consider whether it is preventable.
We start by reviewing typical symptoms and what’s involved in diagnosing the condition, how it can be treated and conclude with measures that can be put into place to control the risks to people, including the management of water safety in engineered water systems.
In this article we ask are showers safe from legionella and other dangerous bacteria? While there is robust legislation in place covering UK businesses requiring them to keep their water systems safe and free from dangerous bacteria such as legionella, you may be surprised to learn that private homes have no such controls.
Practical legionella awareness courses delivered by experts.
Our specialist legionella training courses for 2020 include Legionella Awareness, Responsible Person, Duty Holder and Refresher training.
Public courses are run at convenient locations throughout the United Kingdom including London, Manchester and Glasgow. We also offer training courses that can be delivered exclusively for your staff, at your premises.
Each course has been developed to support individuals with responsibility for the management and control of legionella and Legionnaires’ disease in the workplace. Our courses give people the knowledge and skills to fulfil their responsibilities with confidence.
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places a general duty on all employers to provide suitable training to ensure the safety and health of their employees in the workplace.
The Health and Safety Executive deal with the requirement for legionella training more specifically in their Approved Code of Practice ACOP L8 stating that it is important that anyone involved in managing and controlling Legionella risks must be properly trained to a standard that ensures tasks are performed in a safe and technically competent manner. In short, they MUST be competent to do thier job.
The Health and Safety Executive also recommend that regular auditing and refresher training be carried out to help ensure people’s skills are kept up to date.
Our main UK training centres are located in central London, Manchester and Glasgow and these are supported by satellite training centres in Birmingham, Bristol and Newcastle.
We can also deliver our training courses exclusively at client premises, and further afield for clients based outside the UK.
The training course dates and locations given below are for our 2020 public courses. Other course venues and dates are available on request.
If you don’t see a course or location suitable for your needs, please contact us to discuss our on-site training services where we send a specialist trainer to you.
Water Treatment Services offer specialist training courses designed to support those with responsibility for the management and control of Legionella bacteria and Legionnaires’ disease in the workplace.
Delivered by experienced water safety experts, our training courses seek to improve the recognition, management and control of legionella risks; and to help organisations and individuals meet their legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the COSHH Regulations 2002 and the HSE’s ACOP L8.
Our main UK training centres are located in London serving the South and South East England, Manchester (North West), Birmingham (Midlands), Bristol (South East England and Wales), Leeds (North and North East) and Glasgow (Scotland), and these are supported by satellite training centres in Belfast and Newcastle.
If you are interested in this or any of our other 2020 training courses and would like to receive further details, including dates and venues please contact us.
Contact us now for more information or for your FREE, no obligation quote.
More information about our legionella training courses … learn more here →
In this article we review the rare but serious lung condition known as Legionnaires’ disease looking at its diagnosis, treatment and consider whether it is preventable.
We start by reviewing typical symptoms and what’s involved in diagnosing the condition, how it can be treated and conclude with measures that can be put into place to control the risks to people, including the management of water safety in engineered water systems.
In this article we ask are showers safe from legionella and other dangerous bacteria? While there is robust legislation in place covering UK businesses requiring them to keep their water systems safe and free from dangerous bacteria such as legionella, you may be surprised to learn that private homes have no such controls.
Practical legionella awareness courses delivered by experts.
Our specialist legionella training courses for 2020 include Legionella Awareness, Responsible Person, Duty Holder and Refresher training.
Public courses are run at convenient locations throughout the United Kingdom including London, Manchester and Glasgow. We also offer training courses that can be delivered exclusively for your staff, at your premises.
Each course has been developed to support individuals with responsibility for the management and control of legionella and Legionnaires’ disease in the workplace. Our courses give people the knowledge and skills to fulfil their responsibilities with confidence.
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places a general duty on all employers to provide suitable training to ensure the safety and health of their employees in the workplace.
The Health and Safety Executive deal with the requirement for legionella training more specifically in their Approved Code of Practice ACOP L8 stating that it is important that anyone involved in managing and controlling Legionella risks must be properly trained to a standard that ensures tasks are performed in a safe and technically competent manner. In short, they MUST be competent to do thier job.
The Health and Safety Executive also recommend that regular auditing and refresher training be carried out to help ensure people’s skills are kept up to date.
Our main UK training centres are located in central London, Manchester and Glasgow and these are supported by satellite training centres in Birmingham, Bristol and Newcastle.
We can also deliver our training courses exclusively at client premises, and further afield for clients based outside the UK.
The training course dates and locations given below are for our 2020 public courses. Other course venues and dates are available on request.
If you don’t see a course or location suitable for your needs, please contact us to discuss our on-site training services where we send a specialist trainer to you.
Water Treatment Services offer specialist training courses designed to support those with responsibility for the management and control of Legionella bacteria and Legionnaires’ disease in the workplace.
Delivered by experienced water safety experts, our training courses seek to improve the recognition, management and control of legionella risks; and to help organisations and individuals meet their legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the COSHH Regulations 2002 and the HSE’s ACOP L8.
Our main UK training centres are located in London serving the South and South East England, Manchester (North West), Birmingham (Midlands), Bristol (South East England and Wales), Leeds (North and North East) and Glasgow (Scotland), and these are supported by satellite training centres in Belfast and Newcastle.
If you are interested in this or any of our other 2020 training courses and would like to receive further details, including dates and venues please contact us.
Contact us now for more information or for your FREE, no obligation quote.
More information about our legionella training courses … learn more here →
The following presentation takes a look at Legionnaires’ disease in the UK from a health and safety perspective dating back to 1991. It considers Legionella bacteria and where it is commonly found, how Legionella infection occurs, legionellosis, Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks and common sources of contamination including hot and cold water services and cooling towers.
The following presentation examines Legionella testing and water sampling of spas and fountains during Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in the USA. The presentation looks at Legionella water sampling of spas, decorative fountains, sprinkler systems, eye wash safety stations, humidifiers and respiratory care equipment; together with the measurement of other water quality parameters. The video featured in this presentation is one by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that gives an introduction to environmental health and engineering measures for Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigations in the USA.
The following presentation explains how to sample cooling towers for Legionella during Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in the USA. The presentation looks at Legionella water sampling of cooling towers, how to take biofilm swabs, the measurement of other water quality parameters, and selection of typical sampling sites. The video featured here is one published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives an introduction to environmental health and engineering measures for Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigations in the USA.
The following presentation looks at sampling potable water for Legionella bacteria during Legionnaires disease outbreaks in the USA. It discusses Legionella water sampling of showers and hot water outlets, together with the measurement of other water quality parameters (temperature, pH, chlorine residual), and the selection of typical sampling sites. The video featured in this article is from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives an introduction to environmental health and engineering measures for legionellosis outbreak investigations in the USA.
The following presentation looks at Legionella testing and water sampling and how to make a sampling plan for Legionnaires’ outbreak investigations in the USA. The presentation uses the example of a legionellosis outbreak at a hotel to demonstrate how to develop a clear and well organised water sampling plan which will help minimise the cost of testing as well maximising your ability to make good recommendations once test results are available.
The video, the third in a series published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives an introduction to environmental health and engineering measures for legionellosis outbreak investigations in the USA.