TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Insight
FOCUSING ON COMBATING SOME OF THE BIGGEST THREATS FROM HEALTHCARE WATER SYSTEMS
Dr Catherine Whapham, an independent water hygiene consultant at Harper Water Management Group, recently delivered a free-to-access summary of the new NHS Estates Technical Bulletin 2024/3, on behalf of IHEEM. Looking ahead, Harper Water Management Group will regularly host live on- line educational meetings for IHEEM members to review and question recently published papers on improving healthcare facility water and wastewater management.
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his critical guidance, NHS Estates Technical Bulletin 2024/3, Designing safe spaces for patients at high risk of
infection from nontuberculous mycobacteria and other waterborne pathogens, focuses on designing out risk from new-build and refurbished healthcare spaces to minimise infection hazards for patients at heightened risk from in-premise waterborne pathogens such as non- tuberculous mycobacteria, Pseudomonas spp, and Legionella spp. Many Water Safety Group members will
recognise Dr Cathy Whapham from the Healthcare Infection Society’s Water & Wastewater Safety in Healthcare course, and last month she presented on ‘Water- Free Patient Care’ at the IHEEM Innovation in Healthcare Conference hosted by the East Midlands Branch at Uttoxeter Racecourse. Looking ahead, a regular hosted live online educational meeting, delivered by Harper Water Management Group on behalf of IHEEM, will be available to IHEEM members to review and question recently published papers applicable to improving healthcare facility water and wastewater management. These short (approx. one hour) sessions aim to support Continuing Professional Development for healthcare estates management and healthcare engineering professionals, in roles ranging from IHEEM apprentice through to Authorising Engineer, and to be
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relevant for healthcare Water Safety Group assessment and implementation.
More about Harper Water Management
Group As a leading engineering authority on contaminated in-premise water systems, David Harper has routinely been called upon to support investigations around the world, and has acquired over 50
years’ knowledge and experience with Legionella spp. and increasingly other waterborne pathogens. David was involved in one of the first Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak investigations in the UK during 1980, and has since advised water safety policy-makers, including the World Health Organization Water Technical Committee, and made significant contributions to modern best practice, standards, and guidance. He continues as a guiding light, being one of the founders of Harper Water Management Group Ltd. (https://www.
harperwater.com/meet-the-team/) Harper Water Management Group was formed in 2021, and seeks ‘to change the recipe of traditional water consultancy’ – by providing a comprehensive multidisciplinary team approach to supporting clients, from engineering, microbiology, and water hygiene subject matter experts within the seven-person team. Being independent, Harper Water Management Group is not affiliated to any chemical disinfection or physical control measure provider, and the team says it thus ‘delivers impartial advice based on
An infographic from Harper Water Management Group.
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