Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, May 2016 / Vol. 65 / No. SS-5

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• Alternative Title:
  Immediate Closures and Violations Identified During Routine Inspections of Public Aquatic Facilities — Network for Aquatic Facility Inspection Surveillance, Five States, 2013
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Hlavsa, Michele C. ; Gerth, Taryn R. ; Collier, Sarah A. ; Dunbar, Elizabeth L. ; Rao, Gouthami ; Epperson, Gregory ; Bramlett, Becky ; Ludwig, David F. ; Gomez, Diana ; Stansbury, Monty M. ; Miller, Freeman ; Warren, Jeffrey ; Nichol, Jim ; Bowman, Harry ; Huynh, Bao-An ; Loewe, Kara M. ; Vincent, Bob ; Tarrier, Amanda L. ; Shay, Timothy ; Wright, Robert ; Brown, Allison C. ; Kunz, Jasen M. ; Fullerton, Kathleen E. ; Cope, James R. ; Beach, Michael J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases ; Network for Aquatic Facility Inspection Surveillance
• Description:
  Aquatic facility–associated illness and injury in the United States include disease outbreaks of infectious or chemical etiology, drowning, and pool chemical–associated health events (e.g., respiratory distress or burns). These conditions affect persons of all ages, particularly young children, and can lead to disability or even death. A total of 650 aquatic facility–associated outbreaks have been reported to CDC for 1978–2012. During 1999–2010, drownings resulted in approximately 4,000 deaths each year in the United States Drowning is the leading cause of injury deaths in children aged 1–4 years, and approximately half of fatal drownings in this age group occur in swimming pools. During 2003–2012, pool chemical–associated health events resulted in an estimated 3,000–5,000 visits to U.S. emergency departments each year, and approximately half of the patients were aged <18 years. In August 2014, CDC released the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC), national guidance that can be adopted voluntarily by state and local jurisdictions to minimize the risk for illness and injury at public aquatic facilities. The Network for Aquatic Facility Inspection Surveillance (NAFIS) was established by CDC in 2013. NAFIS receives aquatic facility inspection data collected by environmental health practitioners when assessing the operation and maintenance of public aquatic facilities. This report presents inspection data that were reported by 16 public health agencies in five states (Arizona, California, Florida, New York, and Texas) and focuses on 15 MAHC elements deemed critical to minimizing the risk for illness and injury associated with aquatic facilities (e.g., disinfection to prevent Transmission of infectious pathogens, safety equipment to rescue distressed bathers, and pool chemical safety). Although these data (the first and most recent that are available) are not nationally representative, 15.7% of the estimated 309,000 U.S. public aquatic venues are located in the 16 reporting jurisdictions.
  
  Suggested citation for this article: Hlavsa MC, Gerth TR, Collier SA, et al. Immediate Closures and Violations Identified During Routine Inspections of Public Aquatic Facilities — Network for Aquatic Facility Inspection Surveillance, Five States, 2013. MMWR Surveill Summ 2016;65(No. SS-5):1–26. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6505a1.
  
  PMID: 27199095
  
  
• Subjects:
  Bathing Beaches Environmental Health / Legislation & Jurisprudence Environmental Health / Standards Public Health / Standards Public Health Surveillance Recreation Swimming Swimming Pools / Legislation & Jurisprudence Swimming Pools / Standards Water Microbiology
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2016; v. 65, no. 5
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6505a1
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  27199095
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; California ; Florida ; New York ; Texas
• Pages in Document:
  28 pdf pages
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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