HEALTHCARE WATER SYSTEMS
Right: Graham Griffiths, Water Services manager at Mitie, and Karina Jones, Authorising Engineer at ETA Projects, at the recent Armitage Shanks Water Safety Forum.
Left: From left to right, Leanne Martin, Marketing director, UK Cluster at Ideal Standard International NV, Terry Moss, European Leader NPD, Non-Residential Healthcare Fittings, Kombiz Layeghi, Innovation director at Ideal Standard, and Alyson Prince, Infection Control nurse and senior consultant at Archus.
theme in the discussion, with BS 8580-2 also extending the timeframes in which things are considered. The need to look forwards as well as backwards was raised, with an eye on developing proactive interventions before it is too late. An example given was Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPEs), a group of bacteria that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and where training is needed to be able to proactively prevent infection. Being able to constantly update the picture and evolve the prevention strategy are key. The need for training at the installation
stage was also highlighted, with a collective desire to put this step in the process under more scrutiny, elevating it beyond the current understanding of it as a minimal part of construction. At this
point, attention turned to manufacturers’ ability to make the installation process a clearer one when it came to products, providing ‘how to’ or ‘in-service’ training grounded in water safety, as much as functionality.
Increasing consistency A solution raised was increased consistency, creating one standard product that meets the relevant requirements, and which has one accepted mode of installation. This would provide a greater sense of certainty for those using and maintaining products, but comes into conflict with the complex network of relationships that large-scale projects entail. How can an Infection Control team make specifying decisions for an architect or construction company before
the project begins? The issue shines the spotlight once more on the need for water training to extend back to the very beginning of the planning process, and permeate even wider into issues such as specification. Appropriate competency and skills was raised as the end goal of training strategies, with comprehensive, engaging, and detailed training as the route leading to this.
Intervention Possible interventions were forthcoming from all attendees, all with a willingness to take responsibility for their part in the development of water systems. Proposals for action were aimed at both individual processes and components, and at large- scale solutions intended to provide a multidisciplinary framework.
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