Modify the water safety plan if necessary. Manager designated responsible for the water supply. Responsibility: Water Safety Plan Performance Assessment To make sure that water safety plan (formerly known as a Public Health Risk your supply’s Management Plan, PHRMP) is working properly, periodic checks are needed. The overview document outlines what needs to be done. The following table provides the detailed information for checking this particular supply element. Record audits. What to measure or observe: Maintenance and calibration logs. Inter-laboratory study data. Internal quality control checks. Records should be audited every six months. How often: Inter-laboratory study data should be reviewed after each study. Quality control checks should be undertaken at the frequency required by the accreditation registration schedule. Record results to meet legislative requirements or to allow What to do with water safety plan performance assessment. The WINZ the results: database is good for this. The collected data need to be periodically reviewed to see whether problems with this supply element are developing. This should be done as frequently as the manager responsible considers necessary to minimise risk to public health arising from this supply element. Should this review show any unusual incidents, indicate that proper procedures are not being carried out, highlight poor results or indicate that poor water quality is reaching customers, then review the procedures for managing monitoring activities. Evaluate the monitoring results, and any actions taken as the result of having to implement a contingency plan, to see if the water safety plan needs modification eg, preventive measures – are up to date; the contingency plan steps are still adequate; and changes to monitoring protocols are recognised in the plan.
Modify the water safety plan if necessary. Responsibility: Manager designated responsible for the water supply. Water Safety Plan Performance Assessment To make sure that your supply’s water safety plan (formerly known as a Public Health Risk Management Plan, PHRMP) is working properly, periodic checks are needed. The overview document outlines what needs to be done. The following table provides the detailed information for checking this particular supply element. What to measure or observe: Record audits. Maintenance and calibration logs. Inter-laboratory study data. Internal quality control checks. How often: Records should be audited every six months. Inter-laboratory study data should be reviewed after each study. Quality control checks should be undertaken at the frequency required by the accreditation registration schedule. What to do with the results: Record results to meet legislative requirements or to allow water safety plan performance assessment. The WINZ database is good for this. The collected data need to be periodically reviewed to see whether problems with this supply element are developing. This should be done as frequently as the manager responsible considers necessary to minimise risk to public health arising from this supply element. Should this review show any unusual incidents, indicate that proper procedures are not being carried out, highlight poor results or indicate that poor water quality is reaching customers, then review the procedures for managing monitoring activities. Evaluate the monitoring results, and any actions taken as the result of having to implement a contingency plan, to see if the water safety plan needs modification – eg, preventive measures are up to date; the contingency plan steps are still adequate; and changes to monitoring protocols are recognised in the plan.
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