EHS Spotlight: Safe Swimming, Pool Code, Prevention eCards

EHS Spotlight: Safe Swimming, Pool Code, Prevention eCards

EHS Spotlight: Safe Swimming, Pool Code, Prevention eCards

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 05/07/2013 02:07 PM EDT Environmental Health Services (EHS) for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

EHS Spotlight Features:

Healthy and Safe Swimming;

Model Pool Code Release in July;

Prevention eCards

Healthy and Safe Swimming: Pool Chemical–Associated Health Events – This month's guest authors, Michele Hlavsa and Michael Beach of CDC’s Healthy Swimming Program, discuss prevention of health events associated with pool chemicals. The article includes examples of pool chemical posters as well as information on the Model Aquatic Health Code and how it can be a beneficial tool in preventing accidents involved with pool chemicals. This article is published in the May 2013 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health.   

Be the first to know CDC’s latest recommendations for aquatic venues! - Join CDC and partners for the release of the first edition of the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) for final public comment. The event will take place on July 8 at the National Environmental Health Aquatic Symposium, a special preconference session at this year’s National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) conference.

   

Until now, the MAHC was a set of modules based on specific topic areas. In July, you will see the first integrated version of the code, modeled after the Food and Drug Administration’s Food Code.

Prevention eCards - Send electronic greeting cards on hand washing and cruises.

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