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RR: 111020health & safetyLadderstore helps toprevent Shattered LivesShattered Lives is thelatest Campaign to belaunched by the Health andSafety Executive thisFebruary in its aim to reducethe number of slips, trips orfall accidents at work.Ladderstore.com will be akey training partner duringthe campaign, supporting theHSE’s focus on competentuse of ladders within theDO YOU WANT TO IMPROVECLEANING STANDARDS AND REDUCE COSTS?i-Clean TM is the uniquenew cleaningmanagement systemlicensed by BICSc.Whether you're acleaning contractor oran end user, we candetermine how long itshould really take toclean your buildings andhow efficient yourcurrent provision is.1 SpecifyThe standards youwant to achieveHighQualityStandardsImprove Standards. Reduce Costsi-Clean TM is a unique new service ideal forboth contracted and in-house provision.Low2 AnalyseThe cost ofachieving themBacteria Dust Debris Litterwww.i-clean.infoworkplace.The campaign will run until 4th April2008. Tony Almonds,Communications Manager forShattered Lives comments:“Between 2006 and 2007 there were45 deaths and 3409 major injuries asa result of falls from height. Suchtragedy often results in ‘shatteredlives’ for those involved, their familiesand their co-workers. An accident atwork can affect many people andanything the HSE and its campaignpartners, such as Ladderstore, can doto reduce these numbers isundoubtedly of great benefit.”Ladderstore will be offering half daytraining courses at special rates forthe duration of the campaign, thesecan be arranged to take place at acompany’s workplace. Courses willcost from £599. Discussing thecourse content, Managing Director ofLadderstore, Gail Houslea said:“We will cover such areas as the rightladder for the job, its condition, correctladder set-up and using a laddersafely – in fact everything an HSE orLocal Authority Inspector would expecta company to know.”Reader Reply No: 111060100755025How efficient is yourcleaning schedule25 50 75 100Floors Walls Fixtures Ledges0% Cleaning Hours 100%CostCall now on 01684 580680 for more informationor to book an efficiency review for your site.3 ImplementCurrent best practiceprocedures4 MonitorOngoing staff andmanagementBICSc approvedCleaning Management System,Licence No. 001.05Heart of Englandensures duty of carewith Powercall UK’s‘Power within the hour’Dedicated to providinghigh quality care forthe residents of its ninecare homes inWorcestershire, Heart ofEngland Housing andCare, a not for profitcompany, has turned toPowercall UK forprovision of its generatorcallout service.Now Heart of England Housing andCare can be assured that it will beable to fulfil its duty of care toresidents by having a standbygenerator in situ and connected upwithin an hour thanks to PowercallUK’s unique service.Conscious that powercuts arebecoming a more frequent occurrencein the Worcestershire area, thecompany’s Building Surveyor, NeilPeggs, decided to investigateemergency standby power for itshomes. With the cost of purchasing astandby generator for each of the nineNew 24 hour confirmationfor Legionella reduces riskof disease outbreakFacilities across the UKcan now benefit from thedetection of Legionella tentimes faster than before via arapid detection processknown as Polymerase ChainReaction (PCR).ALcontrol Laboratories, one of thelargest environmental analysisorganisations in the UK and Ireland, isthe first and only laboratory to haveUKAS (United Kingdom AccreditationService) accreditation for the analysisof Legionella using PCR, reducinganalysis time to just a few hours.Legionnaires disease has a 15%mortality rate. It is the severe form ofa lung infection and fever (Pontiacfever) caused via the inhalation of finedroplets of certain specific Legionellaspp. in water systems.PCR is an enzyme reaction thatamplifies specific DNA fragmentsextracted from the initial sample, toquantify them. Legionella analysis byPCR is a molecular biology method,which targets the nucleic acids thatholds the genetic information of thebacteria.The PCR technique has been refinedso that the detection of non-viableLegionella spp. is reduced to almosthomes felt to be prohibitivelyexpensive, Neil decided to investigateother options.Powercall’s nationwide generatornetwork is serviced by a 24/7-controlroom, which despatches a generatorfrom a local depot with a target of 1-hour delivery time, and a guaranteedmaximum of 3 hours. Upon arrival thedelivery engineer connects thegenerator to the pre-fitted connectionpoint and advises the customer toswitch over to the generator. Anindicator lamp is fitted to thechangeover switch to advise thecustomer when the mains power isrestored. Reader Reply No: 111041zero allowing the accurateassessment of water systems. ThePCR method is also much moresensitive than the culture method andit will fully detect Legionella that arestressed or contained inside otherorganisms and biofilms. Therefore theresult you can get from conductingLegionella via PCR gives you a trueresult of all the Legionella in a watersystem.The detection and control ofLegionella has always been a reactiveone. ALcontrol has invested heavilyin this technology to help businessesreduce risk and detect potentialoutbreaks before they occur.Reader Reply No: 11112334