Reviewing the actual contents of your Legionella policy and making sure this is being properly applied is a task that should be done regularly.
- Does your policy say you will carry out training every 2 years?
- How often are you actually doing this?
Reviewing the details of your most recent Legionella risk assessment and making sure the written scheme has been updated, where necessary, to reflect the findings is another task that often gets overlooked.
- Have you had a Legionella positive that was promptly dealt with?
- How well was this recorded and are you able to demonstrate that control has been regained of the system?
- How often do you step back and review all the operational data your maintenance teams have been logging in relation to Legionella control and look at any trends?
These are all issues that often get overlooked, or rather just poorly documented. Compliance is more than just completing those operational tasks but looking at the bigger picture.
In this modern age of online systems and different contractor portals, combined with traditional paper logbooks, it can be hard to effectively link these together and demonstrate that you are doing all that is necessary to properly manage Legionella risks.
The benefits of a full Legionella management review will be a focus on the overall strategic approach to Legionella control and how well this can be demonstrated, as well as an evaluation of how well the controls are being implemented.
Having all your data saved in one place and easy to extract and review is key to being able to demonstrate good compliance. For example, having full traceability of all the hot water results for a particular location linked directly to the equipment used, certificates of calibration, and evidence of competence of the user will be invaluable when it comes to demonstrating good Legionella management.
To bring all that traceability together, we’ve taken our proven approach and turned it into something more user-friendly. Our new Assurity Plus 2.0 water management software puts everything into a digital format, with smart new features that make managing Legionella and water systems across your buildings simpler and more effective, and you can access it from anywhere.
It keeps everything that worked well in the original system, but also opens the door to new capabilities, helping you stay ahead with safer, smarter, and more resilient water management – if you would like a demo, please let me know here.