This blog is focussed around an article publish by Business Matter Magazine based around how important it is to perform your legionella risk assessments regularly. The article discusses why it is important to have a legionella prevention plan in place with this to say. “Businesses must comply with the legislation set by the HSE, failure to comply can result in …
The hot tub exhibits at a state fair might be to blame for North Carolina’s recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever, which sickened more than 100 people and killed at least one, health officials said. Visitors to the N.C. Mountain State Fair who developed the lung infections were more likely to have walked past the hot tub displays inside the Davis Event Center, where …
Following on from last weeks blog it’s come out that a British Great Grandma has been left ‘fighting for her life’ from contracting Legionnaires’ disease whilst on holiday in Corfu. Ann Best, 71, felt unwell in the second week of her trip to Sidari but initially put her flu-like symptoms down to the heat. The article written by Phoebe …
It’s been released that 6 adults have been diagnosed with legionaries’ disease with all cases geographically linked to a south-central London neighbourhood that hasn’t been named. The article written by Andrew Lupton for CBC News explains how Dr. Alex Summers, Middlesex-London Health Unit’s associate medical officer of health, says they’ve been investigating the cases for the past few weeks. “We have …
A recent article by Daniel Pitcher via the ‘Water Hygiene Centre’ website values the debate of is just passing your water compliance testing ‘enough’? Well we at Black Sheep believe that their is always room for improvement in every system so although the property may pass the necessary tests their is always more to be done, thats what this article …
Legal action could be taken against shopkeepers if they do not take the deadly legionella bug seriously, council bosses in Barrow have warned. It follows ‘critical and serious’ issues being found during council-ordered risk assessments at shops it leases out in Barrow, Walney and Dalton. The article from the local Mail newspaper states “A meeting was told that shopkeepers have …
The department of Public Health England have released their monthly legionella report for July 2019. We plan on releasing and sharing them all month by month via this blog so follow along with our social media to stay updated. As you can see from the charts taken form the document bellow, the number of confirmed cases is higher on average …
In an article by Daniel Sheridan for the Yorkshire Evening Post it has been found that traces of legionella has been seen in water samples from a care home in Leeds. Leeds Council have assured residents and family members that both staff and people staying in the care home aren’t at risk of legionella disease. However, bosses at Donisthorpe Hall …
A recent article posted by BBC News explains how their was a ‘Critical’ risk level of legionella trace found in the Barrow Borough, Cumbria. The article states how risk assessments were carried out on 19 premises leased by the Barrow Borough Council. Experts from a water treatment firm found no premises had the “highest” level of concern for legionella, according …
In a recent article by the Mirror author Ann Stenhouse investigates and explains how simple household items could effect your health and wellbeing at home. Scientists have released a study revealing bath toys that squirt water could be harbouring bugs that can cause eye, ear and stomach infections – including Legionella and drug-resistant superbugs that can cause death. Ann begins …