About Legionella

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe and potentially fatal form of pneumonia. It is usually caused by infection from Legionella bacteria.

Legionnaires’ disease poses a particular threat to anyone with a weakened immune system, making a serious concern in hospitals and care homes, though it can occur in any building with a water source.

The Legionella bacteria that cause it spread through the inhalation of contaminated water droplets, usually from a shower, tap or air conditioning system.

What are Legionella Risk Assessments (LRA)?

Legionella Risk Assessments are living documents that should be regarded as the underpinning instrument to proactive control of Legionella in your buildings, premises and facilities.

The information they provide pinpoints what interventions are required and the protocols and systems that need putting in place to establish robust and successful Legionella risk controls. This enables us to develop a package of services to address health hazards and operational concerns associated with water use in your establishment.

One of the ways we ensure compliance excellence is through our EPIC online management tool. Your assets on entered onto your bespoke page on the EPIC database, recorded against risk. This helps us manage risk in your building and build a plan of action for its year-on-year reduction.

Developing a Remediation Plan of Action

The process of carrying out a Legionella Risk Assessment leads to development of a Remediation Plan of Action detailing the actions required to ensure compliance with relevant standards.

These services within the plan can include proactive measures to prevent outbreaks, control the proliferation of Legionella, and reduce overall system operating costs.

We support development of the Remediation Plan of Action by:

• Pulling together risk across the entire estate and providing supporting documentation
• Applying our methodology of making it simple to minimise risk and deliver compliance
• Building an action plan around the identified risk

We also offer Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Risk Assessments, which can be carried out at the same time or independently of a Legionella Risk Assessment.

You can learn more about our Legionella and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Risk Assessments on our Remediation pages.

Written Control Schemes

A Risk Assessment identifies remediation actions. As part of an overall Water Management Policy, it is also important to have a Written Control Scheme, which contains advice on what to do in the event of a Legionella-related issue and brings together all relevant information and guidance.

We can provide Written Control Schemes as part of our end-to-end Water Hygiene service for ultimate customer peace of mind.