Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 04-01 Part A Water safety for healthcare premises. Part A: Design, installation and testing

Publication Year

2014

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Gives comprehensive advice and guidance on the legal requirements, design applications, maintenance and operation of hot and cold water supply, storage and distribution systems in all types of healthcare premises. It is applicable to new and existing buildings, with the latter a risk assessment should be carried out to determine, highlight and record where it may not be reasonable or technically possible to implement this guidance.

Document History

Version 2: July 2014. Supersedes Version 1.4: March 2013. This version (2.0) of SHTM 04-01 Part A has been updated to take account of latest guidance forthcoming regarding measures to prevent build-up of waterborne bacteria and biofilm such as Pseudomonas as it affects design and specification of domestic hot and cold water systems and components. (Notes 6, 15 and 17 and paragraphs 7.46, 9.54 and 10.1 particularly refer). SHTM 04 supersedes SHTM 2027 and SHTM 2040 and absorbs information from Scottish Hospital Technical Note 6: ‘The safe operation and maintenance of thermostatic mixing valves’ and Scottish Health Guidance Note: ‘Safe’ hot water and surface temperatures.

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