Workplace Solutions: Reducing Illnesses at Indoor Waterparks

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Chen, Lilia ; Galloway, Ellen
• Description:
  Lifeguards and patrons in the rapidly growing indoor waterpark industry can be exposed to numerous disinfection byproducts (DBP) and microorganisms that can cause adverse health effects such as eye and respiratory irritation, skin rashes, and flu-like symptoms. NIOSH provided technical assistance to a county health department to investigate the cause of symptoms reported by employees of a large indoor waterpark. This document addresses issues that pool managers, designers, and public health officials should consider to reduce illness at indoor water parks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  [principal contributors ... Lilia Chen, and Ellen Galloway].
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [3]).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Amines Chlorine Compounds Dermatitis Endotoxins Engineering Environmental Microbiology Eye Diseases Eye Foreign Bodies Humidity Irritants Microbiology Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Safety Measures Skin Swimmers Swimming Pools Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Chlorine-compounds; Amines; Sulfates; Sulfites; Endotoxins; Humidity; Respiratory-irritants; Respiratory-system-disorders; Eye-irritants; Microorganisms; Bacteria; Skin-irritants; Dermatitis; Ventilation-systems; Engineering-controls; Relative-humidity
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2010-138, 2010 Mar; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036595
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-107521
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nitrogen trichloride (CAS RN 10025-85-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  713990 - All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries - (NAICS)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:56b39fe02c5cacd8b0fa79bae79b1c0e8e8e86b6ef31aac1e60e6fcbb19c13a70773b717d94db82bb940e1f0037970e83558e8f2840986b98138483d2c0e3cc7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5735/cdc_5735_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 278.70 KB ]