Prevention and control of Legionnaires' disease
According to Royal Decree 487/2022, and Decree 352/2004, Legionnaires' disease prevention and control requires local councils to carry out a series of activities:
- Updating and custody of the census of companies with cooling towers and evaporative condensers.
- Collaborate in the inspectorate of facilities capable of transmitting legionella collected in Annex I. Perform the inspectorate function of low-risk facilities: Humectators, ornamental sources, urban sprinkling irrigation systems, outdoor aerosol cooling elements, firewater systems, indoor building water systems not provided for in Article 2.2c. of Decree 352/2004 and other appliances that accumulate water and can produce aerosols.
- Implantation of legionella prevention and control (PPCL) and health programmes against legionella (PSL) in their facilities.
If you are a private person, please contact your town hall
Economic support
Economic support for Environmental health
Application period: from December 28th, 2023 to February 8th, 2024
General conditions for the management and justification of financial aids:
Contact person:
Laura Bouso
ssp.sambiental@diba.cat
Technical support
Health control of low risk facilities susceptible to transmit legionella
For municipalities between 10.001 and 50,000 inhabitants
Application period: from 28th December 2023 to 31st December 2024
Persona de contacte:
Josep Lana
ssp.sambiental@diba.cat
Advice for the evaluation of the risk of installations susceptible to transmit legionellosis, in accordance with the classification of Decree 352/2004.
For municipalities uo to 10,000 inhabitants and from 50.001 to 100,000 inhabitants
Application period: 28th December 2023 to 31st December 2024
Contact:
Pilar Serrano
ssp.sambiental@diba.cat
Magda Bertran
ssp.sambiental@diba.cat
Documentation
- Video “Prevention of the legionella in the sports facilities”. Legionella disinfection operations of water circuits. Barcelona Sports Council.
- Instalations of low risk of proliferation and dispersion of Legionella: analysis of circuits and control tools. 2018. Public Health Agency of Catalonia.
- Legionnaires' disease inspection protocols for low-risk facilities, written by a group of municipalities in the province of Barcelona and Barcelona Provincial Council's Public Health Service.
This documentation is meant solely for municipal technical officers. Anyone interested in having a copy of these protocols can obtain them via the virtual community. If you do not have access, you can request them via spenxarxa@diba.cat.
- Criteria for assessing best practices in facilities with a risk of proliferation of
Legionella These guidelines are available for municipal technical officers who are members of the Public Health Service virtual community of Barcelona Provincial Council.
- Royal Decree 487/2022, of 21 June, which establishes the health requirements for the prevention and control of legionellosis. Entry into force on 2/01/2023
- RD 830/2010 , of 25 June, regulating the training required to carry out treatments with biocides. This legislation amends Article 13 of RD 865/2003
- Decree 352/2004, of 27 July, which establishes the hygienic-sanitary conditions for the prevention and control of legionellosis.
- Facilities at risk of dispersion of Legionella. Barcelona Public Health Agency.
- Ministry of Health, Government of Catalonia
