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Legionella Prevention
 


Legionella Prevention

Ciba® IRGASURE™ Service for Legionella Prevention

Our commitment to find the right solution for your business

The Ciba® IRGASURE™ service commitment is a complete Legionella prevention solution that gives you the security and confidence to concentrate on your core business.

Preventing Legionella growth is now an established part of every organization's legal obligation to manage all risks associated with their operations.  Today more than ever, the risk of Legionella in water systems is a danger to the health of communities and businesses.

Because the management of Legionella risk must follow the same environmental and quality standard approach as other risk management programmes, industries need Legionella professionals to keep their systems Legionella-free.

Ciba know the importance of treating the risk of Legionella at source and has developed the IRGASURE™ service to make it easier for businesses to manage their Legionella prevention needs. The complete IRGASURE™ service includes:

Risk Assessment

  • Confidence and joint commitment to a Legionella prevention program.
  • Easy to understand advice that is clear to follow.
  • A knowledgeable partner that can react quickly to process changes.
  • Continuous improvement that saves money.

Training

  • A clear understanding of how new and existing legislation affects our customers.
  • Educating our customers' workforce on how to prevent Legionella.
  • Specialist training to avoid litigation and confidential advice when our customers' need it most.
  • Friendly advice during and after training - a unique value for money offer.

Monitoring and follow-up

  • Monitoring and control that develops with our customers' processes to give the highest quality results.
  • A service program that will confidently meet our customers' regulatory obligations.
  • Legionella analysis that is appropriate to a customer's level of risk.
  • Early detection and speedy intervention to avoid disruption of our customers' processes.

Cleaning

  • Tailored cleaning solutions that will minimize the risk of contamination.
  • Cleaning that is validated and recorded.
  • Effective cleaning that reduces water treatment costs.

The first step to the IRGASURE™ service is a 5 Point Risk Assessment Check.  This examines:

  1. Appropriateness of customers' risk management structure.
  2. Availability of training and safety information.
  3. A risk profile of our customers' installations and its location.
  4. Performance of the existing water treatment program.
  5. Status of improvement measures and follow-up plans.

For more information, or to arrange for your 5 Point Risk Assessment Check, please contact us at water.solutions@ciba.com.

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