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  Sick Building Syndrome and Design Issues Many of the factors associated with Sick Building Syndrome relate to building and building services design. In many cases it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to change things when building and installation work have been completed ...
  Metalworking Fluids - Optimising Their Use This good practice guide describes practical measures to help companies prolong the life of their metalworking fluids and reduce their operating costs. Checklists are provided to help you take action to optimise the use of your metalworking fluids
  Legionella control and record keeping To ensure that precautions continue to be carried out and that adequate information is available, a record of the assessment and precautionary measures and treatments should be kept ...
  Legionella Monitoring and Routine Inspection If precautions are to remain effective, the condition and performance of the system will need to be monitored. This should be the responsibility of the responsible person or, where appropriate, an external contractor or an independent third party and should involve ...
  Sick Building Syndrome - Introduction Do you regularly suffer from irritating symptoms including headaches, a runny nose and itching? Have you noticed that your colleagues are taking much more sick leave, performing badly, or are unhappy with their surroundings? If so, it could be a case of ...
  Cost Effective Chemicals Management for Printers A wide range of chemicals is used within the printing process, from film developers to acids in plate making. Improved management of these chemicals will ...
  Cleaning - Food & Drink Sectors This food and drink sector reference note has been written to help those who wish to explore reducing the potential environmental impact and costs of cleaning, with particular respect to water use. It specifically does not give advice on how to clean or on specific hygiene standards ...
  Legionnaires disease: the control of legionella bacteria in water systems - Part 7 Once the risk has been identified and assessed, a written scheme should be prepared for preventing or controlling it. In particular, it should contain such information about the system as is necessary to control the risk from exposure ...
  Effluent Treatment - Developing a Toolkit for Effective Effluent Management A recent study of effluent treatment practices has determined the feasibility of developing a Toolkit for the selection of the best effluent management solutions for specialised organicchemicals manufacturers, especially those with ‘hard COD’ problems ...
  Separation technologies - minimising industrial waste and effluent Many industrial processes generate effluent streams that contain a mixture of substances. To reduce the cost of processing these streams, operators can remove the substances that they contain using a range of separation technologies ...
  Legionnaires disease: the control of legionella bacteria in water systems - Part 6 The risk from exposure will normally be controlled by measures which do not allow the proliferation of legionella bacteria in the system and reduce exposure to water droplets and aerosol. Precautions should, where appropriate, include the following: (a) controlling the release of water spray ...
  Electrochlorination plant - treatment of swimming pool water The use of chlorine gas as a disinfectant for swimming pool water has caused several serious incidents and is not recommended. There is a variety of safer water treatment methods. One of these utilises an electrochlorination plant which is an on-site process for the production of sodium hypochlorite ...
  Legionnaires disease: the control of legionella bacteria in water systems - Part 5 If the risk assessment shows that there is a reasonably foreseeable risk and it is reasonably practicable to prevent exposure or control the risk from exposure, the person on whom the statutory duty falls (see paragraph 23) should appoint a person or persons to take managerial responsibility and to provide supervision for the implementation of precautions ...
  Clostridium Difficile This guide explains what Clostridium difficile is, how it developed and ways in which it can cause infection. Clostridium difficile is the major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and colitis, a healthcare associated intestinal infection that mostly affects elderly patients with other underlying diseases.
  Avian Influenza Test Kits Test for both influenza A and influenza B ...
  First for Environment News Accepta's showcase first for environment news, innovation and more...
  Reverse Osmosis Plant Start-Up Guide A good practice guide dealing with start-up procedures for reverse osmosis plant systems ...
  Bird Flu - Working with Avian Influenza Avian influenza, also known as bird flu is a virus that causes disease in birds. Poultry, pigeons and wild or migratory birds, such as ducks, can become infected with the virus. There are two forms ...
  L8 Part 4 - Legionella Risk Assessments Before any formal health and safety management system for water systems can be implemented, a risk assessment has to be carried out to decide the possible risks. The purpose of the assessment is to enable a decision to decide ...
  Paper & Board Mills - Cost Effective Effluent Treatment This good practice guide is intended to help mills optimise the performance of their effluent treatment plant by evaluating their existing processes ...
  HSE'S L8 - "Legionnaires' disease: - The control of legionella bacteria in water systems" - Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) and Guidance - Part 3 This Approved Code of Practice applies to the control of Legionella bacteria in any undertaking involving a work activity and to premises controlled ...
  Ceramics Manufacture - Managing Water Use and Benchmarking This good practice guide will help companies in ceramics manufacturing to save money through reducing water use and effluent levels ...
  Algae Control for Swimming Pools Safe, eco-friendly product developed to help prevent and control algae in swimming pools, spas, fountains and water parks ...
  HSC L8 - Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) and Guidance - "Legionnaires' disease: The control of legionella bacteria in water systems" - Part 2 In the UK the Health and Safety Commissions (HSC) L8 Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) and Guidance document titled "Legionnaires' disease: The control of legionella bacteria in water systems ...
  Water Saving Devices & Cost Effective Practices All industrial and commercial organisations use water. Most organisations take water for granted and few know exactly how much water they are using ...
  Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) and Guidance - "Legionnaires' disease: The control of legionella bacteria in water systems" (L8) - Part 1 The document also contains guidance issued by the Health and Safety Commission and Executive. Following the guidance is not compulsory and organisations are free to take other action. However, if you do follow the guidance ...
  Chlorine Dioxide Powder - Two Pack Delivery System Accepta’s SafeOx Two is an innovative two pack powder chlorine dioxide delivery system that works to create a highly effective eco-friendly sanitiser and disinfectant without the need for specialist equipment ...
  Infection Control at Work: Controlling the Risks This guide, prepared in consultation with the UK's Health and Safety Executive, by the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens, deals with the risk of infection...
  Water Test Kit & Equipment Catalogue Complete range of water test kits, analysis equipment and replacement reagents ...
  Cost Effective Pollution Control - Examples from Industry These Industry Examples describe how six UK companies chose cost-effective pollution control. Each industry example describes the problems faced by the company and the economic and environmental benefits ...
  Vessel Washing - Cost Effective Techniques This good practice guide aims to help companies save money and improve their environmental performance through managing vessel washing operations ...
  Legionnaires’ Disease - Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities Hospital-acquired Legionnaires' disease usually originates in hospital water systems. Legionella not only persists in hot water tanks, it is often found in the biofilm through the entire water system ...
  Chlorine Dioxide Generators Accepta’s SafeOx generators are suitable for a range of applications including, healthcare, food and beverage processing, cruise ships, hotels, cooling towers, water hygiene, potable water, wastewater, residential, commercial and industrial facilities ...
  Speciality Chemicals Manufacture - Managing Water Use Water is used during many stages of the manufacture of speciality chemicals....relatively cheap commodity, but most of the water used becomes effluent ...
  Spa Maintenance Guide Weekly routine, oxidise your water with Accepta Spa Granular Shock or Non-Chlorine Shock and use Accepta Spa Sparkle for extra clarity and Anti-Foam ...
  Carrriage of Dangerous Goods - New UK Regulations Dangerous goods, such as explosives, flammables or corrosives, have inherent hazards. There is a risk that incidents involving these hazards may cause harm to people, property and the environment, e.g. by explosion, fire or spillage ...
  Pollution Control - Choosing Cost Effective Solutions This good practice guide covers issues surrounding the selection of cost-effective pollution control solutions and is intended to help managers, engineers and operators save money ...
  REACH - UK Chemicals Database To Clarify Impact A database of chemicals marketed in the UK is to be developed by the Chemicals Industry Association (CIA) in preparation for the forthcoming EU REACH proposals, with the aim of filling a gap in industry knowledge ...
  Information about Legionnaires' Disease Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia. It was named after an outbreak of severe pneumonia which affected a meeting of the American Legion in 1976 ...
  Reducing Water Use - Saving Money Through Waste Minimisation Whilst water costs may appear insignificant, the true cost is considerably higher than the basic charges for supplying water and discharging effluent. Pumping, maintenance, capital depreciation and treatment costs ...
  The Causes of Industrial Plant Failure This guide, developed by the UK's Health and Safety Executives Hazardous Installations Directorate covers the various causes of industrial plant failure including corrosion, erosion, impact, pressure ...
  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is the term being used to describe a new serious respiratory illness that emerged from South-East Asia in 2003 ...
  Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water Disinfection by-products (DBP) are potentially toxic chemical compounds that are formed in extremely low concentrations during the disinfection of water supplies. They include chloroform ...
  Legionnaires' Disease and Spa Baths - What You Should Know You are probably already aware that people can catch Legionnaires' disease from exposure to contaminated water droplets. Air conditioning systems (including cooling towers), and hot and cold water systems in buildings ...
  Water and its Effect on Industrial Plant The unique properties of water make it ideal for use in industry, two of its most common applications being ...
  MSDS: Why do I Need a Material Safety Data Sheet? If your organisation uses or supplies chemical products you should know about MSDS ...
  Fruit & Vegetable Processing: Reducing Water & Waste Costs The fruit and vegetable industry generates significant amounts of waste water, wasted raw material and packaging. Implementing a systematic waste minimisation programme can reduce waste costs by up to 25%. This can represent 1% of business turnover ...
  Legionnaires' Disease & Legionella: A Guide for Property Owners, Landlords & Managers This excellent guide, produced by the UK's Health & Safety Executive provides essential information on legionnaires' disease and legionella for a wide range of organisations ...
  Waste Oily Water Treatment for Engineering Workshops: Case Study Engineering workshops use large quantities of water-based metalworking fluids to remove heat and swarf from the cutting surfaces, and reduce friction ...
  Water Harvesting & Conservation The built environment provides two main catchment areas - the roof of a building and the associated hard landscaping, such as roads, car parks and paved areas. The incorporation of these hard landscaped areas ...
  Brewing Industry: Reducing Water & Effluent Treatment Costs The UK brewing industry uses large amounts of water, of which over 70% ends up as trade effluent. Unit costs for water supply and trade effluent discharge are expected to continue to rise ...
  Private Water Supplies: Wells, Boreholes, Streams, Rivers & Lakes Although most private water supplies are probably safe to drink most of the time, this document gives details of the risks and of what you can do to protect your supply ...
  Legionnaires Disease & Domestic Hot Water Systems New research from the US has identified home hot water pipes and domestic hot water systems as a common source of Legionnaires disease. Although more often associated with the air conditioning ...
  Innovative Biological Odour Control & Odor Neutralizer Accepta 7140 is an innovative biological odour control agent and odor neutralizer developed specifically for use in hotels, restaurants, leisure, institutional, commercial and industrial environments, providing a powerful combination ...
  Biocidal Products Directive & Regulations: A Simple Guide If you make biocidal products or the active substances that go into them, or place either on the British market, you should read this ...
  Innovative Oil Absorbent Pillows for Pollution Control & Clean Up Operations Accepta 7120, innovative oil absorbent pillows specifically developed to help minimise and control pollution arising from oily water discharges from separators, interceptors and drainage culverts ...
  Water and Chemical Use in the Textile Industry The textile dyeing and finishing sector uses large volumes of water and substantial quantities of complex chemicals. Companies operating in this sector are facing significant challenges ...
  Contaminated Groundwater Treatment White Karbon was launched at the UK's International Clean Up exhibition. It is an alternative material to the conventional Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC) and is designed to treat a wide range of contaminants from groundwater, including petroleum and chlorinated hydrocarbons, metals, cyanides and pesticides ...
  Innovative Biological Treatment for Septic Tanks & Cesspools Accepta have recently launched an innovative range of biological products developed for a number of specialist applications. One such product, Accepta 7101 is a highly effective biological and enzyme treatment for the bacteriological reactivation and maintenance of septic tanks and cesspools ...
  Legionnaires Disease: Health & Safety Guide for Employers This short and simple guide concerning Legionnaires disease has been prepared by the UK's Health & Safety Executive and is written to help employers understand the health risks associated with Legionella. It explains in general terms how to control those risks ...
  Microbes & Toxic Waste Removal: Removing Vinyl Chloride & Dichloroethene Bacteria have been found that eat toxic waste and could be used to clean up contaminated water under many industrial sites. Although other microbes have been found that can eat toxic waste, this is the first one that feeds on vinyl chloride ...
  Materials Handling: Dangerous Substances, Health & Safety at Work One fifth of employees within the European Union, approximately 32 million people, are exposed to cancer-causing agents at work, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has revealed ...
  Poultry Meat Processing: How to Save on Water and Effluent Costs Poultry meat processors use large quantities of water and generate equally large volumes of wastewater with a high chemical oxygen demand (COD) and suspended solids content. Evisceration, cleaning and washing operations typically account for more than 60% of total water use and effluent volume ...
  Killing Biofilm Effectively Biofilm are bacterial communities that can appear almost anywhere, fouling machinery, clogging pipes, and contributing to many forms of human disease...
  Water Technology: Enhanced Capital Allowances for UK Companies All UK businesses can now claim 100% enhanced capital allowances on their spending on designated plant and machinery to reduce water use and improve water quality ...
  Effluent Treatment Plant: Improving Performance - Good Practice Guide Most companies operate effluent treatment plants to reduce the potential for pollution of receiving waters and to comply with discharge consent conditions. Effective management and control of the processes used for effluent treatment will help you to ...
  Water Management: Paper & Board Mills - Good Practice Guide The UK paper industry is a major water user, and is under increasing pressure to improve the efficiency of its water consumption. This guide is intended to help companies assess and improve their management of water ...
  SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Frequently Asked Questions Q:What is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)?
A: SARS is the term being used to describe a serious respiratory illness which has recently been reported in parts of East and South East Asia ...
  Optimising Effluent Treatment Costs Improving the performance of the effluent treatment plant will reduce your site's operating costs and make it easier for your site to comply with its discharge consent conditions..
  Norwalk Virus (Norovirus) - FAQ The Norwalk virus, named after the original strain "Norwalk virus," which caused an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a school in Norwalk, Ohio, in 1968 ...
  Boiler Water Treatment: Removing Scale and Hardness Salts Hardness salts are the cause of scale inside a boiler; if they are not prevented or removed regularly they will cause localised overheating. This can lead to tube failure (explosion risk) and/or a reduction in the heat transfer properties ...
  Cost Effective Membrane Separation Technology; Minimising Waste & Effluent: A Guide to Best Practice This best practice guide focuses specifically on industrial-scale membrane separation technology. These technologies are particularly effective for the recovery and re-use of both water …
  Boiler Water Oxygen Scavengers: Sulphite, Tannin, DEHA, Carbohydrazide Why should you worry about oxygen in boiler water? Because oxygen is a significant factor in the corrosion of metals, so if you can remove the oxygen from water you can reduce the negative effects of corrosion ...
  Boiler Water Sludge Conditioners & Chemical Treatments As you use a steam boiler you introduce small quantities of hardness salts together with traces of suspended matter into the feed-water ...
  Water Efficiency in the Textile & Leather Industry Businesses are starting to realise that reducing all forms of waste, whether it is energy, raw materials or other resources, cuts costs and results in improved profits ...
  Boiler Water Treatment: Industrial & Process Applications In this article we take a brief look at the management of steam boiler water from an industrial water treatment perspective, examining some of the problems that can occur when steam boilers are used in industrial and process situations. We also look at solutions to the problems that arise with steam boiler systems, specific products ...
  Legionella Solutions: Test Kits, Dip Slides, Incubators, Biocides, Laboratory Analysis & Site Logbook Accepta's "Legionella Solutions", brings together a comprehensive range of professional Legionella support products and services providing water treatment professionals, property and facility managers with a complete set of tools to effectively manage those risks associated with Legionella ...
  Food Poisoning Bacteria: Salmonella, Listeria, E.coli O157, Campylobacter & Clostridium Perfringens This interesting article examines how bacteria causes food poisoning, paying closer attention to five of the most common bacteria: Salmonella, Listeria, E.coli O157, Campylobacter and Clostridium Perfringens ...
  Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis in Drinking Water Cryptosporidium is a parasite that infects man and a wide range of domestic and wild animals. It causes cryptosporidiosis, which in healthy adults, is an unpleasant diarrhoea lasting for up to two weeks. At present there is no cure for cryptosporidiosis and the condition can be serious for, and fatal to, the immuno-compromised e.g. those receiving chemotherapy or AIDS ...
  Nitrate in Drinking Water - Where Does it Come From? Nitrate is present in all tap and bottled waters. It is produced during the natural decay of vegetable material in soil. Rainfall washes nitrate from sub-soil into groundwater. Nitrogenous fertilisers used on arable farmland can be a significant source of nitrate in groundwater and surface water ...
  Environmentally Friendly Biocide Disinfectant Utilising Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) and Silver Accepta 8101 represents a new generation of safe, environmentally friendly biocides for the effective control of water borne micro-pathogens including Legionella, E.Coli, Pseudomonas, Cryptosporidium, Campylobacter, Salmonella, MRSA, VRE and other bacterial, viral and fungal infections, in the water systems of cooling towers, hospitals, hotels, industrial and office buildings, schools, swimming pools, spa's and Jacuzzi's ...
  IPPC: Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control; a Practical Guide For those industry sectors using high volumes of water, controlling and continually reducing levels of wastewater and effluent has always been an important commercial consideration. Even more so now with the introduction of the new IPPC, Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control regulations, a system which follows the European Community Directive (96/61) to introduce an improved, more integrated approach to controlling pollution from industrial sources ...
  LogBook Site Management Software Accepta's innovative computer based sitelog book management system has been developed for the water treatment, hygiene, property and facilities management sectors to assist those responsible for the effective operation and successful implementation of safety critical water hygiene and Legionella control systems ...
  Biocide Tablets: Air Conditioning Condensate Systems Solid biocide tablets Accepta's excellent biocide sanitizer tablets comprise a slow dissolving biocide in a handy tablet form, specially developed to control slime forming bacteria and other biological growths in air conditioning condensate pans, drains and ducted systems ...
  Leak Detector: Ultraviolet (UV) Tracer Dye for the Oil & Gas Industries Accepta's Ultraviolet (UV) leak detector tracer dye is an innovative, optically sensitive tracer compound used in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries for leak detection and pressure testing operations in fresh or seawater environments. It offers significant advantages over existing 'visible' dye-based fluorescent leak tracer systems ...
  Legionella Control: Government Guidance for Enforcement Officers Legionella Control - Recent high profile outbreaks of Legionnaires Disease both in the USA and UK have caused many of us to re-focus on the issues surrounding the effective management and control of water systems vulnerable to Legionella contamination ...
  Test Kits: Single Parameter Testing Kit Test kits, simplicity is the key to Accepta's innovative Single Parameter Test Kits. These handy sized water test kits, which are based on the recognised 'Drop Test' method, are very simple to use, help reduce the hazards normally associated with similar testing procedures and, best of all, they are inexpensive and extremely cost effective ...
  Reverse Osmosis (RO) in Water Treatment Reverse osmosis (RO) is a process that industry uses to clean water whether for industrial process applications or to convert brackish water, to clean up wastewater or to recover salts from industrial processes. It will not remove all contaminants from water as dissolved gases such as dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide not being removed. But reverse osmosis can be very effective at removing other products such as trihalomethanes (THM's), some pesticides, solvents and other volatile organic compounds (VOC's) ...
  Ultrasound Cleaning of Ceramic Water Filters Ultrasound Cleaning: Engineers at Ohio State University claim to have discovered how to clean high-tech ceramic water filters at low cost using ultrasound. Although the research is still in its early stages, they claim the technology may one day allow water treatment plants to purify water with ceramic membrane filters instead of traditional water treatment chemicals ...
  Impregnated Wipes Impregnated wet wipes, Accepta's extensive range of wet wipes includes their excellent solvent based wipes, suitable for multiple applications involved with the manufacture or use of oils, grease, resins, adhesives, elastomers, mastics, plastics and paints ...
  E. Coli O157 in Drinking Water E Coli or Escherichia coli are bacteria that normally live in the intestines of humans and animals. Although, most strains of these bacteria are harmless, several are known to produce toxins that can cause diarrhea. One particular E coli strain called O157 can cause severe diarrhea and kidney damage ...
  CHIP 3: What You Need to Know CHIP 3: In September 2001 the Consultative Document (Con. Doc.) "Proposals for the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002: CHIP 3" was published. CHIP 3 will be welcomed in that it will revoke CHIP 2 and will pull together the multitude of CHIP 2's amendments ...
  Magnetic Water Treatment v Chemicals Magnetic water treatment: If you sell water treatment chemicals then you've probably come across magnetic water treatment equipment sometimes referred to as magic gadgets that claim to do away with the need for treatment chemicals ...
  DHMO: US Survey Favours Ban on Commonly Used Chemical DHMO survey results: 90 percent of the US citizens participating in a recent survey were willing to sign a petition to support an outright ban on the use of DHMO in the United States ...
  Chemical Odour Control - Controlling Foul Odours? Odour control, who needs it? Well, how many times have you been to a site, for example an animal rendering plant, chicken factory, landfill site, or effluent plant and thought that it was about time they found out how to control that distasteful odour? ...
  Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Scale Inhibitors Reverse osmosis (RO): why should you use a scale inhibitor? This short article gives an overview of the types of problems faced by operators of reverse osmosis plants ...
  Inside B2B The Basics of Business to Business, what is it and how can it be used to create advantage? In a series of articles we examine how B2B can be applied to the chemical industry as an e-Chemicals tool ...
  Legionnaires Disease & Legionella : How Dangerous? Legionnaires disease was named after an outbreak of a pneumonia-like disease that occurred in the Belle Vue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, PA in 1976, where there was a convention of the American Legion. Legionella pneumophila ...
  Supply Chain Performance - Fit to Compete in a Competitive World? Supply chain performance and the chemicals sector. Being able to respond to the accelerating pace of change and the shifting dynamic in the supply chain is highly dependent on the fitness of the organisation itself ...
  Inside B2B - B2B in 30 Seconds In a series of articles we examine how Business to Business (B2B) can be applied to the Chemical Industry as an e-Chemicals tool, helping to deliver longer term benefits ...
     
     

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