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NEWSLETTER MARCH 2023
Competence for Everybody

One of the key changes in the 2021 rewrite of the LCA service delivery standards was the recognition that there is scope for legionella control work to be impacted by any member of staff: not just the technicians in the field doing the service delivery.  We detailed the identified roles of surveyor, designer, planner, technician, reporter, and auditor in each of the service delivery standards.  So, what does that mean?   Surveyor – this is the role of the person who gets the information necessary to quote a job or contract.  It could be a techni

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Sustained Compliance

December 2022   The LCA exists to raise standards in our industry on an ongoing and sustained basis.  We are aware that there are a small minority, about 5%, of our members that have had repeated non-conformances year on year and, in some cases, past suspension of membership.  After consultation with our enforcement colleagues, we have analysed several metrics including:   Past suspension of LCA membership Delays to LCA audit date  Late audit responses following LCA audit Compl

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Defining Risk

August 2022 In the risk assessments we audit we sometimes see confusion over the terms used to describe risk.  In the 2021 LCA Legionella Risk Assessment service delivery standard and in BS8580-1:2019 the terms Inherent, Residual and as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) are used. The following is intended to help clarify the terms. Inherent Risk This is the underlying risk if there were no controls in place, or if controls were to fail or be removed.   For example, a hot and cold water system with sto

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Importance of 'competence' cannot be under-estimated

August 2022 Matt Morse, who has worked in Legionella control and water treatment for over 20 years, both for service-providers and as an independent consultant, and works part-time as the Manager of the Legionella Control Association, discusses the subject of ‘competence’, with a particular focus on Legionella control. He focuses on what the term signifies, how it can be measured, and why it is so important into such a patient safety-critical field. This article is about competence, specifically for Legionella

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Guidance - Mergers and Acquisitions

1st April 2022 The LCA have recently published guidance on Mergers and Acquisitions. Please click here to view this.

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