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Landlord Legionella Risk Assessment
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Definition of a Landlord?
A landlord is defined as someone who rents out a property (or a room within a property) which they own, under a lease or a licence that is shorter than seven years.
As a Landlord, What Must I Do?
As a landlord, you are responsible and have a legal obligation to have a Legionella risk assessment carried out on properties under your control. Integrated Compliance can carry out landlord Legionella risk assessment on properties across the UK.
A Legionella risk assessment is an in depth survey of the potential risks presented by engineered water systems, and seeks to identify and assess the risks of exposure to Legionella bacteria associated with work activities and water systems. The assessment will determine the likelihood of the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria within the water system.
Landlord Legionella Risk Assessment
Integrated Compliance is a member of the Legionella Control Association (view our LCA certificate), and employ a highly trained and competent team of City & Guilds qualified Legionella Risk Assessors, water hygiene engineers and technicians and plumbers, we deliver Legionella Compliance services to meet clients’ needs. As a member of the LCA, we provide our services in conjunction with their Code of Conduct, in order to ensure maximum compliance.
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FAQ’s
How do I carry out a Legionella risk assessment?
The purpose of carrying out a risk assessment is to identify and assess any risks in your water system. The responsible person should understand your water systems and any associated equipment, in order to conclude whether the system is likely to create a risk from exposure to legionella, and should be able to identify whether:
- water is stored or re-circulated as part of your system
- the water temperature in some or all parts of the system is between 20–45 °C
- there are sources of nutrients such as rust, sludge, scale and organic matters
- conditions are present to encourage bacteria to multiply
- it is possible for water droplets to be produced and, if so, whether they could be dispersed over a wide area, eg showers and aerosols from cooling towers
- it is likely that any of your employees, residents, visitors etc are more susceptible to infection due to age, illness, a weakened immune system etc and whether they could be exposed to any contaminated water droplets
Your risk assessment should include:
- management responsibilities, including the name of competent person and a description of your system;
- potential sources of risk;
- any controls in place to control risks;
- monitoring, inspection and maintenance procedures;
- records of the monitoring results, inspections and checks carried out;
- arrangements to review the risk assessment regularly
If you decide that the risks are insignificant, your assessment is complete. You may not need take any further action at this stage but you should review the assessment regularly in case anything changes in your system.
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