Health Technical Memorandum 04-01: Addendum Pseudomonas aeruginosa - advice for augmented care units
Publication Year
2013
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Focuses on controlling/minimising the risk of morbidity and mortality due to P. aeruginosa associated with water outlets and provides guidance on: assessing the risk to patients when water systems become contaminated with P. aeruginosa or other opportunistic pathogens; remedial actions to take when a water system becomes contaminated with P. aeruginosa; protocols for sampling, testing and monitoring water for P. aeruginosa; and forming a Water Safety Group (WSG) and developing water safety plans (WSPs).
Document History
Superseded by 'Safe water in healthcare premises: part C - Pseudomonas aeruginosa - advice for augmented care units' (2016). Published 12 March 2013. This addendum to Health Technical Memorandum 04-01 builds on and supersedes the March 2012 Department of Health guidance: 'Water sources and potential Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination of taps and water systems: advice for augmented care units’. This is an addendum to HTM 04-01 Part A and HTM 04-01 Part B.
Publisher Information
Department of Health
The Department of Health was committed to improving the quality and convenience of care provided by the NHS and social services. Its work included setting national standards, shaping the direction of health and social care services and promoting healthier living. Publications included Space for Health: Technical Manuals, as well as the Health Building Notes, Health Technical Memorandums, and White Papers. They were renamed to the Department of Health and Social Care. However responsibility for technical guidance was then transferred to NHS Improvement in February 2017 which is now part of NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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