BS 8580 "Risk Assessments for Legionella Control"

Draft BS 8580 Consultation: 'Guide to Risk Assessments for Legionella'

SCI HQ, London, UK
8 April 2010, 10.15 - 16.00
Organised by SCI's Environment Group and SCI's Health and Safety Group

Synopsis

This event is intended to present a background to the development of the standard. Feedback will be elicited from those attending the event in order to supplement the documented returns from the public comment stage of the standardization process. Such feedback will form a vital step in the document development prior to publication.

This standard will serve practitioners covering a comprehensive range of water uses, for example: - Industrial cooling waters, Hospitals, nursing homes and care homes; Leisure centres, Water distribution and use within buildings, Commercial and industrial uses of water, Power generation and Horticultural water use.

BS 8580 risk assessment for the control of Legionella in water systems will provide independent risk assessors, regulators, facility managers and other duty holders with a guide describing the processes required to produce a legionella risk assessments for artificial water systems.

An electronic copy of the draft BS 8580 standard will be made available to all attendees prior to the event.

Who should attend?

The event will be of interest to all those with a duty to have legionella risk assessments for the water systems on the premises they own or are responsible for, Environmental health officers, HSE specialists, Water management companies, Facilities management companies, Leisure Centre Managers, Building service engineers, Risk assessment consultants, Hoteliers and Health care managers.