Legionnaires' disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia. It applies to the control of Legionella bacteria and when it comes down to it overall, legionella management is key as a means to ensuring the presence of legionella won’t be and become fatal in its presence. A risk assessment is the best and most effective way to achieve this though there is also now in the market specialist software as well as devices and systems now for this.

If monitoring tasks are not carried out correctly and proper control practices are not in place, this may increase the risk of legionella causing wider issues in the long-term. This too can be sure to pose the risk of legionella maybe even causing the disease to spread at a rapid rate. The risk of Legionnaires' disease can be minimised through good Legionella management and control of water systems. Managers or persons responsible should be able to help rid the disease before it is too late and before it is able to harm too many people too. The main route of infection of legionnaires disease is through inhalation though there are other ways too in which this is able to happen too.

Part of a landlords duty of care responsibilities will involve managing and minimising the legionella risk. A legionella risk assessment is just one the key jobs they will need to carry out as part of their wider responsibility. Ensuring that all work on domestic hot and cold water systems are only carried out by suitably competent people is vital in no end of ways. In detail, undertaking periodic audits only helps to ensure this is all done in the most correct way. Similarly, need to manage the risks posed by Legionella also falls under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, which highlights the importance of processes and procedures to prevent the growth of Legionella bacteria, as well as discussing the appointment of responsible persons to implement adequate control measures.

Overall, in detail, a Legionella risk assessment is to be undertaken in all places of work no matter what type of a workplace it may be. The HSE Approved Code of Practice for The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems applies to any business where water is used or stored and where there is a means of creating and transmitting water droplets which may be inhaled, thereby causing a reasonably foreseeable risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria.

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