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Turning the tide : the role of water management to prevent legionnaires’ disease
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May 21, 2019
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Corporate Authors:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Science. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication. ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Bacterial Diseases. Respiratory Diseases Branch, ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice. ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment. ; ... More +
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Description:May 21 at 1:00pm ET
Reports of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) cases and outbreaks are increasing in the United States. LD is a serious lung infection caused by breathing in small water droplets containing Legionella bacteria. Outbreaks are commonly associated with buildings or structures that have complex water systems, such as hotels and resorts, long-term care facilities, hospitals, and cruise ships.
Legionnaires’ disease can be prevented with effective water management programs. This session of Public Health Grand Rounds will discuss preventive approaches for federal, state, and local authorities, along with an innovative water management program toolkit and online training program.
Presented by: Christine Kosmos, RN, BSN, MS, Director, Respiratory Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, ["A Watershed Moment: The Increasing Challenge of Legionnaires’ Disease in the United States"]; Laura A Cooley, MD, MPHTM, Commander USPHS, Medical Epidemiologist, Respiratory Branch, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, ["A Watershed Moment: The Increasing Challenge of Legionnaires’ Disease in the United States"]; Jasen Kunz, MPH, REHS, Commander USPHS, Environmental Health Officer, Water Food and Environmental Health Services Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, ["Prevention Begins with Water Management"]; Tori Burket, MS, Waterborne Disease Epidemiologist, Legionella Coordinator, Communicable Disease Branch, Colorado Disease Control & Environmental Epidemiology Division, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. ["Get With the Program: Evaluating Barriers to Water Management Implementation from the State Perspective"]; Shantini Gamage, PhD, MPH, Associate Director, National Infectious Diseases Service, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veteran Affairs ["Preventing Legionnaires’ Disease in the Healthcare Setting: The National VA Experience”].
Facilitated by: John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds; Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds; Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds.
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Content Notes:A Watershed Moment: The Increasing Challenge of Legionnaires’ Disease in the United States [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Laura A. Cooley, p. 4-16]
-- Prevention Begins With Water Management [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Jasen Kunz, p. 17-25] -- Get With The Program: Evaluating Barriers to Water Management Implementation From the State Perspective [[PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Tori Burket, p. 26-37] – Preventing Legionnaires’ Disease in the Healthcare Setting: The National VA Experience [PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation by Shantini D. Gamage, p. 38-63].
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