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present a one-day conference on:

LEGIONELLA

held on

FRIDAY, 11TH JULY 2008
at

THE CONFERENCE CENTRE,
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust,
Wrightington Hospital, Hall Lane, Appley Bridge, Near Wigan.

Legionnaires Disease may be more prevalent than you think!  Have you fully adopted the new guidance ‘DH HTM 04-01, ACOP L8 and COSHH? Are you the ‘Responsible Person’ for your organisation, is your ‘Risk Assessment and Logbook’ up to date, are your staff adequately trained?  The HSE are currently undertaking a review of many hospitals nationally, ensuring management and staff are satisfactorily aware of Legionella and have adequate control measures in place.

The conference will present leading experts in Legionella control - Dr Tom Makin, steering group member of HTM 04-01, will explain in depth how Legionella pneumophila infiltrates our engineering systems and what control measures must be in place to protect our patients and staff.

David Harper, Public Health Consultant, will take us through an investigation of an outbreak.  If this happened on your site, would you know what to expect, would you be able to provide all the necessary information?  If you are at all unsure, then don’t be caught out ensure you attend – forewarned is forearmed!!

The HSE will also be attending informing the audience of their recent findings of non-compliances and the reasons behind their current drive to inspect hospitals Legionella control measures.

This seminar is essential to all persons with responsibility for water quality within public buildings - although we will be mainly looking at NHS organisations and the DH HTM, which is more onerous than L8, it will be of interest to all persons involved or with varying levels of responsibility for the delivery of this high risk technical standard. Learn from leading experts who will share their expertise and inform you of the latest techniques regarding Legionella control.  If you are fully compliant, leave the seminar knowing you are! If not, you should leave the seminar with the knowledge of your failings, assured of how you can produce a risk and management plan and subsequently where you have to re-allocate funding.

THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO ESTATES AND FACILITIES PROFESSIONALS AND THOSE WHO ARE NOMINATED APPROVED PERSONS WATER, THOSE WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS

WE ARE EXPECTING THIS CONFERENCE TO BE FULLY SUBSCRIBED.  IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND, PLEASE COMPLETE AND SEND IN AN APPLICATION FORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

The cost of attending the conference is £100.00 per person.  This includes attendance at the conference, course handouts, coffee/tea/bacon roll on arrival, mid morning coffee/tea and a two course buffet lunch.

PROGRAMME

8.45 am  Registration. Coffee/Tea/Bacon Roll

9.15 am  WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Chairman – HOWARD JACKSON
(Chairman of the Estates TAG)
Assistant Director – Estates Operations, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

9.30 am  HSE AND LEGIONELLA CONTROL

HSE Safety in Healthcare

Presenter – Mr MIKE TETLEY
HM Inspector of Health & Safety

10.15 am  LEGIONELLA IN HEALTH CARE PREMISES

Presenter – DR T MAKIN BA, PhD, CSci, FIBMS
Directorate Manager,
Department of Medical Microbiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospitals

11.00 am    Morning Coffee/Tea

11.15 am   DH HTM 04-01

Presenter – DR T MAKIN BA, PhD, CSci, FIBMS
Directorate Manager,
Department of Medical Microbiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospitals

12.00 noon QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION

12.15 pm    BUFFET LUNCH

1.15 pm INVESTIGATION of an OUTBREAK

Presenter –DAVID HARPER MSc, BSc, CEng, MIMechE, MCIBSE
Public Health Consultant

2.15 pm HOT & COLD WATER SERVICES - ARE YOU COMPLIANT?

Presenter –DAVID HARPER MSc, BSc, CEng, MIMechE, MCIBSE
Public Health Consultant

3.15 pm  QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION

3.30 pm  CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

SAFE JOURNEY HOME

Please Note - Although every attempt will be made to adhere to the published programme, the TAG reserves the right to make changes to the speakers or programme should this be necessary

Further Information:-

VENUE:
THE CONFERENCE CENTRE,
LONG DRAWING ROOM,
WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH NHS TRUST,
WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL, HALL LANE,
APPLEY BRIDGE, NEAR WIGAN

Wrightington Hospital is located ½ mile from Junction 27 of the M6 on the A5209 towards Parbold.

A DETAILED LOCATION MAP WILL BE SENT TO DELEGATES ALONG WITH CONFIRMATION OF BOOKING
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