Training Courses

 

This course will teach you how to assess and minimize the risk of legionella and other waterborne pathogens in hospitals, factories and other large buildings. It is for facility managers, health & safety officers, public health officials, and professionals that offer services related to water treatment, plumbing systems, cooling towers, or industrial hygiene. 

 

Who Should Attend, and Why

  

Facility managers and engineers, site owners, Health & Safety Officers, Environmental Health Officers, maintenance engineers and personnel and anyone responsible for the safe operation of a site.

 

Course Content 

 

All material is explained in easy-to-understand terms.

 

We also show a video produced by The Health and Safety Executive on Legionnaires' disease.

 

Facts about Legionnaires' disease and Legionella

Definitions; Symptoms; Diagnosis; Incidence; How contracted; Susceptibility; Death rate; Sources of contamination

 

Guidelines

 

Government regulations

Industry guidelines

Compliance: what's optional and what isn't

 

Lawsuits

Prevalence

Critical factors in cases, with examples

 

Risk management strategies

 

Reactive vs. proactive approaches

Routine environmental sampling: controversy; costs; use of the information; guidelines; legal implications

Wrong approaches: myths, blunders, and money wasters
Strategy options
Getting started

 

 

Preventive Measures for Hot & Cold Water Systems

 

Legionella vs. other pathogens 
Overall objectives
Water temperatures
Mixing valves: strategies; comparisons
Dead-legs: options; examples
Policies to implement
Maintenance & operation
Good and bad plumbing design
Hot water tanks: operations, maintenance, piping, purchasing
Instantaneous water heaters
Policies for idle areas
Checking water quality
Preparing for potable water disruptions 

 

 

Preventive Measures for Cooling Towers

 

Physical cleaning 
Water treatment: overall objectives, biocides, monitoring and feeding, industry recommendations
Disinfection
Maintenance
Preventing Legionella habitats
Monitoring cooling water
Preventing transmission

 

Preventive Measures for Other HVAC Equipment 

Humidifiers
Ductwork
HVAC units
Air filters 

 

Domestic Water Disinfection Methods

Temporary versus continuous methods
Comparison of temporary methods
When not to use temporary methods
Advantages and disadvantages of Heat and flush; Chlorination; Ultraviolet light; Ozone; Copper-silver ionization; Chlorine dioxide

Monochloramine

  

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