Healthy and Safe Swimming Week — May 20–26, 2019

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Description:
  This year’s Healthy and Safe Swimming Week theme, “Pool Chemistry for Healthy and Safe Swimming,” focuses on preventing pool chemical injuries. Pool chemicals prevent the spread of germs that cause illnesses and disease outbreaks; however, these same chemicals can cause injuries if mishandled. Each year, an estimated 3,000–5,000 emergency department visits caused by pool chemical injuries (e.g., Poisonings from inhalation or ingestion of pool chemicals and dermatitis or conjunctivitis from pool chemical splashes) occur in the United States
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Cover Box Swimming
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 68(19):433
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6522076
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Healthy and Safe Swimming Week
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  19
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:44240ced1ed6b964baf111f180b3fd1385d13ba5ede9402c09b9ecae16443d4da1ba83ada8152f22706d5a93bc44b58879be04a81d818b66451892f47c5b56be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/78838/cdc_78838_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 124.33 KB ]