Due to their large and often complex water supply systems, hospitals are potential breeding grounds for the bacteria that have the potential to cause Legionnaires’ disease. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is leading the way in risk mitigation and compliance through the innovative use of a Building Energy Management System (BEMS) from Trend Control Systems, which monitors, controls and provides information regarding the status of the water supply, storage and distribution system.
One of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the NHS, Leeds was formed in 1998 and is one of the main tertiary centres in the North of England. It is comprised of a number of individual facilities throughout the city including St James’s University Hospital, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Seacroft Hospital and Wharfedale Hospital. It also includes the world famous Leeds General Infirmary, which has been providing patient care for well over 200 years.
Like all other hospitals and health estates, infection prevention and control is a major concern for Leeds Teaching Hospitals. With a tool such as the Trend system, the hospital Trust has taken infection control and monitoring to the next level. If left uncontrolled Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia that can develop within the large water supply systems.
source https://specifierreview.com/2019/06/03/leeds-teaching-hospitals-nhs-trust/
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