An in-depth focus on the new HTM 04-01, Safe Water in Healthcare Premises, and the implications for both estates professionals and a range of other healthcare personnel.
Dr Nick Hill, a Fellow of IHEEM, and chair of the Institute’s Water Technical Platform, whose career encompasses over 25 years’ experience working on all aspects of water, considers some of the key guidance contained in the new Health Technical Memorandum, HTM 04-01, Safe Water in Healthcare Premises (2016), which was published last month.
They are many who like to portray or perceive the arrival of new guidance as representing more and more onerous requirements, and hence unwelcome in what is a challenging economic climate. However, if the new Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 04-01 (2016) is read and understood, such readers are likely to be disappointed. These new documents, Parts A-C, do not impose an increased ‘regulatory burden’, but are rather an opportunity for an intelligent, pragmatic, systematic approach to managing water within the healthcare environment. There have been a number of major changes since the previous (2006) version of HTM 04-01 was published, notably:
A holistic approach from the DH
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