Are you feeling overwhelmed about how to comply with new Legionella requirements quickly and successfully?
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Matt Freije gives a brief update on Legionella standards and requirements including the CMS rules effective June 2, new CDC publications, ASHRAE 188, New York regulations, and pending NSF standards. He outlines seven keys to success in complying with laws and best practices, protecting the people in your buildings, and reducing risk.
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To avoid a citation for non-compliance with the June 2 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “requirement to reduce Legionella risk in healthcare facility water systems to prevent cases and outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease (LD),” hospitals and nursing homes must “demonstrate measures to minimize the risk of LD.”
How the required outcome is accomplished CMS leaves largely up to each facility, simply referring to the water management program framework outlined in ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015 and the CDC’s publication (toolkit), “Developing a Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth & Spread in Buildings: A Practical Guide to Implementing Industry Standards.”
What a facility puts into that framework will determine success or failure with its water management program. For this article, let’s define success as more than just checking a box to avoid fines and citations. Real success is doing that and effectively minimizing health risk for the people in the facilities, reducing the organization’s legal risk, and protecting the organization’s brand and revenue-all without more money, time, personnel, water, or chemicals than necessary.
Based on a first-hand view of hundreds of facility water management programs since 2000, real success-for all facility types, not just healthcare-depends on these seven keys...
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29 сен 2024
