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Audience : |
Technicians involved in legionella site water testing including cooling towers |
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Purpose :
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To raise awareness of Legionella Control issues |
| To promote understanding of risks and their control or prevention |
| To equip delegates with the necessary information to monitor a site in accordance with the latest government guidance ACOP L8 |
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Proposed Programme |
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0930 - 1000 |
Registration & Coffee
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| 1000 - 1130 |
Introduction to Legionella
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| The Bacteria and its history |
| Legionnaires' disease |
| Risk Areas & Risk Management |
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| 1130 - 1145 |
Coffee Break |
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1145 - 1245
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Law and Responsibility
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| Government Guidance (ACOP L8) |
| Case studies |
| Prosecution and cost to business |
| Action in the event of a positive sample / suspected outbreak |
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1245 - 1330 |
Lunch |
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1330 - 1400
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Legionella Management Domestic |
| Designing a monitoring programme |
| Domestic water monitoring |
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1430 - 1500 |
Overview of disinfection techniques
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| Chemical |
| Thermal |
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| 1400 - 1430 |
Cooling Towers |
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Types of cooling system |
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Water treatment regimes |
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| 1430 - 1530 |
Cooling Tower Monitoring |
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Water testing |
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Reporting &Recording |
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| 1530 - 1545 |
Coffee Break |
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| 1545 - 1600 |
Personal Safety
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Confined spaces / asbestos |
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Bacteriological hazards |
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| 1600 - 1630 |
Review & discussion |
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