Legionella Risk Assessment
Risk Assessments for the Healthcare Sector
Water Safety Planning is an essential consideration for any business, commercial or public venue. For the healthcare sector, this is especially important, as individuals may have particularly vulnerable health whilst in your hospital or care facility. When it comes to ensuring the safety, hygiene and compliance of your water system, there are universal legal requirements to fulfil, as well as additional factors for healthcare venues to address.
One of the most important of these is the risk assessment for Legionella disease, pseudomonas bacteria and other common pathogens.
To help you address and meet these, 4i Water Service’s friendly team are on hand and highly experienced in healthcare water systems, including in the carrying out of this important risk assessment.
Know What’s Required
A risk assessment is a legal requirement when carrying out your water safety planning – it’s important that one has not only taken place, but that it is sufficiently in date.
This assessment must be carried out by qualified personnel in order to be valid: it cannot be carried out be a member of your own team unless they have been trained in a fully understanding of and compliance to the relevant safety standards, including BSRIA’s (1999) FMS 4/99, BSRIA’s (2015) BG 57/2015, BS 8580, BS 8580 and HSG274 Part 2 (2014).
For a healthcare facility, the assessment will look for any and all areas of potential risk regarding Legionella, P. aeruginosa and other relevant pathogens, as well as risks that may arise during water storage, maintenance and use.
This evaluation will not only look at your water system itself but also how educated your team are on the risks and safety measures. A full risk assessment will provide insights and evaluation on:
Once potential hazards and hazardous events have been identified, the highlighted risks need to be assessed so priorities for risk management can be established. This looks at both the severity of a potential risk, but also its likelihood.
With this information, you will have sight of the best way forwards to make sure your healthcare building and water systems are safe, and your team’s training is up to date. Don’t just meet compliance today – with the insights from your assessment, you can also safeguard for the future.
Contact 4i Water Services
At 4i Water Services, our expert water technicians are ready to assist with your Legionella Risk Assessment and ensure that your health facility is fully compliant. Call us on 01359 242000 or contact us at info@4iwaterservices.co.uk.