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Fax: 0845 208 883 |
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Richmond House, 112 Broad Street,
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We are offering a FREE CONFIDENTIAL FOR LEGIONELLA
prevention compliance to directors and managers of care
homes of both residential and nursing. For further
information please read on.
Prevention is always less painful than a cure especially
when considering finance, legal matters and most importantly
people’s health. Legionnaire’s Disease is a potentially
fatal form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria. It
can affect anybody however those over 45, smokers and heavy
drinkers, those suffering with chronic respiratory of kidney
disease, and those whose immune system is impaired are at a
higher risk.
Legionella bacteria can multiply in hot or cold water
systems and storage tanks and then can spread through spray
form taps and showers, because of this all premises with a
water system are under the scope of the ACoP L8.
Employers who manage premises with hot/cot water services
must ensure they comply with their duties under law. Under
general Health & Safety law you must; identify and assess
sources of risk, prepare a scheme for preventing or
controlling the risk, implement and manage the
scheme-appointing a person to be managerially responsible,
sometimes referred to as the ‘responsible person’, keep
records and check that what has been done is effective and
if appropriate notify the local authority that you have a
cooling tower(s) on site.
Legal firms are warning that Legionnaire’s disease
convictions will rise, with a possible jail sentence of 2
years and large fines are possible. By following the correct
guidelines set out by the ACoP L8 you will be minimizing
risk of an outbreak but also protecting management and the
company from large fines and in the worse case jail
sentences. Unfortunately you may not always be able to
prevent an outbreak however by following the law in the
correct way the company will not be held responsible or
negligent in a court of law.
Richmond Hydro-Chem work with a wide range of organisations,
companies and individuals responsible for properties with
water systems. The success of the company is largely due to
its flexibility in tailoring its services to the individual
client’s requirements, budgets and needs. As care homes are
particularly vulnerable Richmond Hydro-Chem are offering a
Free confidential Director’s Audit of residential and
nursing homes for Legionella prevention compliance to ensure
Directors are not leaving themselves open to prosecution,
fines and most importantly risking people’s health and
lives.
The audit will count towards your records and maybe the
start of your maintenance scheme or simply ensure the regime
in place is current and effective especially as even when
passing on responsibility to a third party you cannot
delegate these responsibilities. Overall together working
with the client we ensure both suitable and sufficient
assessments along with maintenance at the best possible
price.
As Richmond Hydro-Chem are based in the Coventry in the
Midlands with a second office in Poole Dorset we are able to
reach all care homes across the UK. Please do not hesitate
to call and we would be happy to help. Please call on
02476 666482.
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