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Giles Green presents at WMSoc conference ‘What will L8 and HSG274 mean to you?’

By Giles Green, Water

Giles Green, Zeta’s Technical Director, presented recently about Other Risk Systems in his role as chairman of the WMSoc Technical committee at their conference ‘What will L8 and HSG274 mean to you?’ [teaser img=”https://mltcufyjlgda.i.optimole.com/cb:OBrR.66775/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://zetaservices.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Giles-Green-WMSoc-conference.jpg” ][/teaser] Giles presentation very much emphasised the need for risk assessment driven processes, for legionella control and assessments, to become living documents that remain up to…

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HSE publishes new legionella guidance HSG274 Part 2

By Water

The HSE this month (April 2014) published  its new guidance HSG274 Part 2 ‘The control of legionella bacteria in hot and cold water Systems’. The guidance is freely available to download here http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg274part2.pdf and contains important changes that you need to be aware of to manage the risk. A key change is in the guidance around recirculating hot water systems and…

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Former care home owner given suspended prison term after fire safety breaches

By Fire

THE former owner of a Knutsford Care Home has been given a 12 month suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to breaches in fire safety. Richard Dickinson, 67, of Denbigh Court in Runcorn, appeared before Chester Crown Court on Friday, December 13 after pleading guilty to three counts of breaching the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. These related to the…

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Care Home fined £2,500 after failing to notify authorities of a positive legionella test

By Water

A care provider which failed to notify the Care Quality Commission in line with legal requirements has been issued with fines totalling £2,500. CQC issued two fixed penalty notices to Molescroft Nursing Home (Holdings) Limited following the provider’s failure to inform the commission about a positive legionella test result, and of changes to the management at Holy Name Care Home…

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Pseudomonas; posing a potentially fatal risk to whom exactly?

By Giles Green

As the Department of Health has recently published an addendum to Hospital Technical Memorandum 04-01 to include specific legislation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, it seems everyone has a lot of work to do and not much time to do it…Or do they? Because although pseudomonas presents potentially fatal consequences to some people, it doesn’t to everybody, therefore you need to make…

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