Following a Legionella risk assessment, a written monitoring plan should be prepared to control the identified risks of Legionella.
This should identify the selected control measures, for example avoiding water temperatures between 20°C and 45°C, and how they will be achieved.
Click here to see an example of what the monitoring programme could look like.
As you can see, some actions may be carried out in-house and others should be the responsibility of experienced, highly-qualified contractors.
Record keeping is a vital part of monitoring and assessment and the results of allocated tasks must be retained for audit purposes.