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Protect your Community from Legionella Outbreaks

By Kimberly Sewell, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern In 2016, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in...

May 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • CDC Report: Legionnaires’ Disease and Healthcare Facilities

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new Vital Signs report today on Legionnaires’ disease (LD), a serious...

    Jun 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Webinar Recording: Legionella – New Science, Insights and Standards

    The Michigan Public Health Training Center in collaboration with the Genesee County Health Department (Flint, MI) recently hosted a...

    Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    • Protect your Community from Legionella Outbreaks

    By Kimberly Sewell, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern In 2016, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in the United States. The number of reported cases of Legionnaires ’ disease has grown nearly five times since 2000; however, it is unclear if this is due to the increase in the frequency of the disease, or […]

    May 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    CDC Report: Legionnaires’ Disease and Healthcare Facilities

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new Vital Signs report today on Legionnaires’ disease (LD), a serious and often deadly lung infection (pneumonia) that people can get by breathing in small droplets of water containing Legionella germs. The report found that among the 21 U.S. jurisdictions studied, 76 percent reported health […]

    Jun 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Webinar Recording: Legionella – New Science, Insights and Standards

    The Michigan Public Health Training Center in collaboration with the Genesee County Health Department (Flint, MI) recently hosted a webinar providing new insight on Legionnaires’ disease. Special Pathogens Laboratory owner, Janet E. Stout, PhD, discusses the disease in context of the 2015 ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015 Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems.A set of...

    Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

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