Updated guidance for managing Legionella in oil and gas facilities

The Energy Institute (EI)'s Occupational Health and Hygiene Committee has updated its technical guidance, and is working on a second publication specific to cooling tower maintenance following the outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Legionellosis risk management and Legionella control - Guidance for oil and gas facilities, offshore platforms and refineries covers the requirements of the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Approved Code of Practice (L8) for 'The control of Legionella bacteria in water systems'.

The EI guidance document will assist users in the development of a Legionellosis Management System and Legionella Control Programme(s), providing recommendations, further reading and example logbooks for carrying out assessment checks.

The second publication, entitled Cooling tower maintenance and other controls for the effective management of Legionella risk, will be available later in the year.

Legionellosis, or Legionnaires' Disease, is a type of pneumonia originally named after an outbreak that affected a number of attendees at an American Legionnaires Convention in 1976.
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