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lic health measures for managing pollution with legionella otrok in mladostnik – okolje | child and adolescent - environment
in Slovenian swimming pools
Tatjana Pokrajac
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Deapartment of Public Health,
Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction: Swimming pools are popular for recreational sports, but are ex-
posed to microbiological contamination. The most frequent microbiological
contamination are fecal bacteria. Especially are important pollution with Le-
gionella. Legionella infection is lethal if the infected patients are not treated on
time, and its outbreaks are a great public health problem. Its incidence is rising.
The purpose of the article is to present public health measures for the control
of Legionella in Slovenian swimming pools.
Methods: This article is a review of the literature on public health measures to
control the pollution of Legionella in swimming pools. I have chosen literature
from books, domestic, world famous public health journals, and electronically
published articles (the website of the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
and the World Health Organization (WHO), Medline, Pubmed, etc.).
Results: The risk definitions and measures for the prevention of legionellosis
preventive measures that reduce the possibility of Legionella growth, measures
to detect the presence of Legionella in swimming pools and measures if the dis-
ease occurs are shown.
Conclusions: Prevention and treatment of legionellosis is an interdisciplinary
work involving the planned and regular implementation of sanitary-technical
and hygienic procedures, microbiological control, and urgent action in the de-
termination of legionella or legionellosis.
Keywords: legionella, swimming pools, risk assessment, preventive
measures
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in Slovenian swimming pools
Tatjana Pokrajac
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Deapartment of Public Health,
Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction: Swimming pools are popular for recreational sports, but are ex-
posed to microbiological contamination. The most frequent microbiological
contamination are fecal bacteria. Especially are important pollution with Le-
gionella. Legionella infection is lethal if the infected patients are not treated on
time, and its outbreaks are a great public health problem. Its incidence is rising.
The purpose of the article is to present public health measures for the control
of Legionella in Slovenian swimming pools.
Methods: This article is a review of the literature on public health measures to
control the pollution of Legionella in swimming pools. I have chosen literature
from books, domestic, world famous public health journals, and electronically
published articles (the website of the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
and the World Health Organization (WHO), Medline, Pubmed, etc.).
Results: The risk definitions and measures for the prevention of legionellosis
preventive measures that reduce the possibility of Legionella growth, measures
to detect the presence of Legionella in swimming pools and measures if the dis-
ease occurs are shown.
Conclusions: Prevention and treatment of legionellosis is an interdisciplinary
work involving the planned and regular implementation of sanitary-technical
and hygienic procedures, microbiological control, and urgent action in the de-
termination of legionella or legionellosis.
Keywords: legionella, swimming pools, risk assessment, preventive
measures
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