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Legionella Risk Assessment

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CMSE is a leading provider of Legionella Risk Assessments to our clients all over Ireland.   Our specialists provide practical advise, training and practical solutions to Legionnaires Disease problems in the workplace.

The following is a magnified image of the Legionella Bacteria.  Exposure can be fatal and many deaths have been caused to employees and to people who were exposed to the bacteria while in close proximity to workplaces e.g. in hotels, hospitals, etc.

 

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CMSE carries out detailed Legionella Risk Assessments that both identify and assess the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria in your workplace.  The assessment will identify the work activities and locations of the exposures and will of course list precisely any necessary precautionary control measures both interim and long term.

The Legionella risk assessment includes such specific items as follows:
  • Identification of the possible sources of Legionella Bacteria
  • Sampling of water systems to assess risk of Legionella Bacteria                                                                                                                                      Image of the Legionella Bacteria
  • Calculate the risk of potential Legionella Bacteria contamination                                       
  • The identification of particular means by which exposure to Legionella bacteria can be prevented
  • If prevention is not reasonably practicable, the particular means by which the risk from exposure to Legionella bacteria can be controlled

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Please contact us now on 1850 315 415 to speak to one of our Consultants, alternatively send a Quick Enquiry located on the Side Navigation Bar.

Applicable Irish Legislation

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agent) 1994 state the requirements for controlling biological agents. Requirements include:

  • Risk assessments should be carried out to assess the Legionella risk on all hot and cold water systems
  • Exposure should be prevented where a risk is identified
  • Implementation of an effective Legionella Control Programme
  • Adequate training and instruction should be provided with respect to risks and precautions
What is Legionella?

Legionella is gram negative bacterium, including species that cause Legionellosis or Legionnaires’ disease, most notably L.pneumophilia. Legionnaires disease poses the greatest risk to people who are elderly, ill or immunocomprimised.   Legionella transmission is via aerosols, and insulation of mist droplets containing the bacteria.   Common source include:
  • Cooling towers
  • Domestic hot and cold water systems
  • Emergency shower heads and showers
  • Taps and water storage tanks
  • Other water systems

A number of factors are required to create a risk of Legionella including; presence of the Legionella bacteria, water change rate, degree of exposure, presence of the numbers of people who may be at risk of exposure, water temperatures, total microbial count, enclosed or open systems.

The purpose of a Legionella risk assessment is to enable decisions to decide the risk to health and the necessary measures to prevent/control the risk from exposure to Legionella bacteria.

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