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2019 Healthy and Safe Swimming Week toolkit
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03/26/2019
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Description:The week before Memorial Day, May 20–26, 2019, marks the 15th annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week (HSSW). This is a great time to engage the media, the public, operators of public treated recreational water venues (e.g., pools, hot tubs/spas, and water playgrounds), beach managers, and owners of residential pools or hot tubs/spas to maximize the health benefits of water-based physical activity by minimizing the risk of illness and injury.
This year’s HSSW theme is “Pool Chemistry for Healthy & Safe Swimming.” Key messages will focus on simple steps pool operators and owners can take to prevent pool chemical injuries, such as reading and following directions on product labels of pool chemicals before using them. The public can also take steps to promote healthy and safe swimming through pool chemistry, such as using test strips to check disinfectant level and pH before getting in the water. In mid-May, we will release a report in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that summarizes 10 years (2008–2017) of data on pool chemical injuries that lead to U.S. emergency department visits and occur in public or residential settings.
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2019-HSS-Toolkit-508.pdf
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Content Notes:Cover letter from CDC’s: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, National Center for Environmental Health, and, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control -- Overview -- Community Outreach Suggestions -- Online Resources -- Sample Press Release -- Sample Feature -- Sample Proclomation -- Social Media Messages.
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