Legionella Checks
You must regularly monitor risks for this potentially fatal disease
Legionella is the bacteria that can causes Legionnaire’s Disease. Legionella bacteria can be present in tepid water between 20 and 45°C. This bacteria can grow anywhere where water is present but is most often found on sink taps, in slime or dirt in the water system and in stagnant water.
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) requires all businesses to have done a legionella risk assessment and to have a process in place to regularly check water temperatures. Legionnaire's disease is potentially fatal so you may face prosecution if you are not regularly monitoring risks even if there are no signs of an outbreak.
Don't take any risks on your customer's health and your own reputation.
Here's how Trail makes these regular checks relatively painless:
- Faster record keeping. Quickly capture data from all your water sources with fast input fields.
- Corrective action. Automatically prompt your teams to take action if the temperature is within the 20-45°C danger zone.
- Built in training. Attach videos and guides to make sure teams know how to take temperatures correctly and risk associated with legionella.
- Log issues. Quickly upload photos or comments from any device to make escalating issues as easy as possible.
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