Legionella Risk Assessments and Reviews

The Approved Code of Practice L8 (fourth edition) is very clear that Legionella Risk Assessments must be completed on all systems as a first action to identify all potential risks of Legionellosis and to maintain a process of risk assessment reviewing and auditing regularly as part of an ongoing management regime regardless of the severity of the risk.

The severity of the assessed risk will determine the necessary frequency for review, re-risk assessment and ongoing auditing. (The requirement for a two yearly risk assessment reviews has been removed from the ACoP L8 fourth edition in favour of a risk based approach, this will mean that it is the responsibility of the Risk Assessor to determine when the risk must be reviewed according to the assessed risk).

Our Legionella Risk Assessment survey will consider every aspect of the water and air systems on the site. We have a Policy that all sources regardless of perceived risk will be assessed for risk of Legionellosis. This ensures that we provide the most detailed legionella risk assessment reports available.

Legionella Risk Assessments are completed using Konformance software which is bespoke to Oakleaf. We are able to provide additional information or adjust our template to suit your needs – we understand this is a service that no other Legionella Consultancy is providing.

Our Legionella Risk Assessment will…