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Double sentence for Legionella failure

November 2019 TWO PEOPLE have been sentenced after failing to control the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria in the cooling tower at their business premises in Spring Hill, Birmingham. Birmingham Magistrates Court heard that, between June 2017 and February 2018, Kulwant Singh Chatha and partner Satpaul Kaur Chatha of Isher Hangers failed to put suitable measures in place to control the risk of Legionella bacteria from the cooling tower on their premises. Concerns raised by their own water treatment consultants were ignored, and no Legionella risk assessment

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LCA Management Committee Changes

September 2019 Howard Barnes and Bill Thomas have stepped down from the LCA Management Committee making way for new committee members. Howard has spent 42 years in water treatment and has enjoyed an international career with one of the larger LCA member companies. Howard is retiring from Nalco Water, but he mentions ‘there is life in the old dog yet!!!’ Bill has spent more than 30 years in water treatment and legionella control including founding and managing an international independent consultancy, ISHEM. Bill is reducing outside commitme

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Ongoing Review of the LCA

September 2019 The LCA requires our Members to review their own procedures at least once per year with an internal review. Within the LCA, the standards Subcommittee of the LCA Management Committee undertakes a similar process to ensure we meet the needs of today and are in line with current best practice. The Sub-committee meets monthly to review all LCA published documents and standards on a rolling basis. Any areas of LCA Code of Conduct, Standards for Service Delivery or guidance documents you feel needs to be updated or amended – please let us know vi

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Coroners Report Comments from Death in Care Home

September 2019 A Jury concluded earlier this year that a Man who died in a relatively newly constructed Fordingbridge care home died from Legionella pneumonia.  A recent regulation 28 report from the Coroner, Nicholas Rheinberg, had two significant concerns to raise with two separate organisations.       The MATTERS OF CONCERN are as follows. –     1.     To the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) - Expert evidence suggested that architects desi

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UKAS Statement on Detection and enumeration of Legionella in water ; reporting under accreditation

June 2019 First issued by UKAS 28 November 2017 The United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS) have released a statement on their requirements for UKAS ISO 17025 accredited laboratories in relation to the testing and reporting of Legionella volumes. The LCA would like to make it clear that our advice remains the same; only a UKAS Accredited laboratory / service provider should be undertaking the analysis of Legionella samples.  The full UKAS position statement can be found below:

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