Legionella Control and Prevention Measures carried out by City and Guilds and NVQ Qualified Engineers.  Trading Standards Approved and Certified by Trust Mark.

Following your Legionella Risk Assessment you need to implement Legionella Control and Prevention measures and record them in a Legionella Logbook.  The HSE's ACOP L8, HSG 274 and HTM 04-01 gives guidance on effective control and prevention measures.  Failure to competently establish, maintain and record the measures undertaken can result in substantial fines, prosecution and even imprisonment.  

What Measures Do You Need

Every site should have a site specific Legionella Control Scheme, the control scheme is a requirement of the HSE's ACOP L8.  Unfortunately, we are finding that very few Legionella Risk Assessments are detailing site-specific measures.  Instead, more and more Legionella service providers are only including a general table of measures and leaving their customers to figure out what measures to apply.  Often a copy of "checklist 2.1" is used, this table is described as an indication of measures and frequencies.

Control and prevention measures need to be carried out by someone who is "technically competent".  Whilst measures may vary there are common tasks that should be in place for every site such as flushing infrequently used outlets, regular temperature monitoring, cleaning and descale of spray outlets as well as the regular servicing of water heaters, cooling towers and air conditioning systems.

Legionella Control and Prevention Measures carried out by City and Guilds and NVQ Qualified Engineers.  Trading Standards Approved and Certified by Trust Mark.