Prevent Legionnaires’ disease with health and safety audits
The last month has shown us how important it is to maintain proper safety and health protocols in a business where Legionnaires’ disease can spread. The incident is lasting throughout June because more cases were reported and the health and safety audits of the HSE had to reveal the root of the problem. Businesses that might be in danger of spreading Legionnaire’s disease such as hospitals, water cooling towers, and other places that have water areas need to determine how to prevent the disease with proper cleaning methods and checking their water quality. A hotel could end up spreading Legionnaires’ in the wrong situation. The trouble with this disease is how it presents itself. Most feel as though they have a cold that eventually seems similar to pneumonia. Without proper care, a person can end up dying from this bacterial disease.
Typically, it is spread due to the bacterium known as Legionella that grows in warm standing water. It can mean a drain not working properly will become an issue if the water is warm and left to stand. About 500 cases of Legionnaires’ disease occur in the UK each year. About 10% of these are fatal cases where the person contracts the disease and dies. Due to the Edinburgh case of the disease, about 80 were infected, with one death. If you own a business where warm water might be left standing, you might want to seek health and safety consultants UK to learn how to prevent the bacterium from growing.
