Compliance
with a possible custodial sentence on conviction, especially if there has been a fatality due to Legionnaire’s Disease. In addition to prosecuting its individual owners, an organisation can also be prosecuted for negligence following a Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak, and if it is convicted, the court can impose limitless fines on the organisation as an entity. If you are in any doubt about your Legionella compliance, you should seek advice from an expert Legionella risk management expert. As with TR19 Air compliance, you should choose your provider carefully, as you will need evidence of your compliance from a competent professional. To assist you with L8 compliance, you should appoint a member of the Legionella Control Association (LCA). LCA members are required to renew their membership every year, and are regularly vetted by the LCA to ensure that they will provide expert, competent services. Look for a member with a long track record of competence and LCA membership.
It is important, when caring for others, not only to ensure that they are safe, but also to protect your own team and any visitors –
and your business too. These aspects of air and water safety, being behind the scenes, can be all too easy to overlook. However, as with primary care, any failure to ensure that these measures are complied with can adversely affect your CQC ratings. Fines
Gary Nicholls
Gary is founder and MD of Swiftclean (UK) Ltd, a business that he started in 1982. Swiftclean is a pioneering member of the BESA’s Vent Hygiene Register. For over four decades, Gary has worked closely with industry bodies such as BSRIA, CIBSE, and the BESA (and formerly HVCA) to help develop industry guidance and specifications in the ventilation hygiene field. He was co-author of TR19 Air and its predecessors TR/19 and TR/17, as well as TR19 Grease. He innovated by introducing the wet film thickness test as a way of measuring grease accumulation in Kitchen Extraction Systems and managing the connected fire risk. Gary has been called as an expert witness associated with legal disputes following fires that
for lack of Legionella compliance could be enough to put you out of business. Calling in some expert help can be an
effective way to ensure that your team is protected and your CQC safety rating does not drop.
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have involved kitchen extraction. He introduced a BESA approved training school to his business, helping other businesses to train their staff to industry standards and raise the level of quality across the industry.
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