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NEWSLETTER MARCH 2022
Post Lockdown Positivity

March 2022 In July 2021 the LCA, in conjunction with HSE, PHE and Local Authorities held a webinar aimed at raising awareness of increasing legionella positivity rates post lockdown. The data demonstrated that the average positive rate in the UK had increased by around 2% following the lockdowns in response to COVID 19. Post the webinar, questions were asked if there were particular species that could have led to an increase. This was data that we, as the LCA, had never been asked to investigate or provide previously. With this in mind we approached the three co

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NEWSLETTER MARCH 2022
Service Delivery Standards Part D

March 2022 Each of the LCA service delivery standards ends with a section on what to tell your customer.  These are specific to each service and are the sort of things that protect your interests as an LCA member and keep your client on the right side of the Law.   Informing your customers of these elements of the service delivery standards are a requirement for LCA membership and most of our members achieve this with some standard phrases in a standard quotation template, terms and conditions, or similar.   When you are reviewing your d

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Long Standing LCA Members

February 2022 Some of our members are long established companies and some have been involved in water treatment since before legionella was identified. We recently looked back at the figures on our membership and found that, while we have a steady stream of applicants, we also have a core of initial members that has remained with us since 1999/2000. The LCA does not exist to collect members, but these numbers do provide some reassurance that what we deliver is of value.  

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HSE Bulletin: Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022

11th January 2022 The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ('the PPER 2022') were laid before Parliament on 10 January 2022. Employers responsibilities to workers regarding the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are changing from 6 April 2022

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Post Lockdown Positivity: Emerging Legionella Species Data

January 2022 In July 2021 the LCA, in conjunction with HSE, PHE and Local Authorities held a webinar aimed at raising awareness of increasing legionella positivity rates post lockdown. The data demonstrated that the average positive rate in the UK had increased by around 2% following the lockdowns in response to COVID 19. Post the webinar, questions were asked if there were particular species that could have led to an increase. This was data that we, as the LCA, had never been asked to investigate or provide previously. With this in mind we approached the three

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