BS8580-2 Water quality – Part 2 explained

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BS8580-2 Water quality – Part 2 explained

Peter Gunn, Senior Consultant Water Hygiene Centre Ltd, looks into the new BS 8580-2:2022 Water quality and risk assessments for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Commonly, Legionella risk assessments do not consider the risks from microbial hazards such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other waterborne pathogens. To address this, a new Standard BS8580-2 Water quality – Part 2. Risk assessments for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other waterborne pathogens. Code of practice has been developed to assist with and improve public health and leisure industry risk assessments.

Safe management plans (or ‘Water Safety Plans’) depend on effective risk assessments, not simply reviewing whether engineering controls are, or remain, in place. These risk assessments utilise a team approach with clinical staff (in healthcare) and engineering input that also considers the behaviour of users and those managing systems and any associated equipment.

Due to the steady rise in antibiotic resistance, this new standard is seen as an important tool in the fight against waterborne pathogens that have the potential to cause serious ill-health in hospitals, care and other environments. BS8580-2 is intended to be used in conjunction with BS8580-1 (2019) and BS8680 (2020).  Read more ….

BS8580-2 Water quality – Part 2 explained

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