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Model Aquatic Health Code Webinar Recording – Cyanuric Acid: It’s Not Just About...

The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network is a community for MAHC users, subject matter experts, and those hoping to learn about...

Feb 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • The Truth about Mold: Preventing Summertime Risks and Beyond

    Mold is a common household nuisance and is found both inside and outside in varying amounts. For some people, mold and its spores...

    Aug 14, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • New NACCHO Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network Webinar Recordings

    Recordings and PowerPoint slides from the two most recent and highest attended Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network webinars are...

    Jul 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    • Hazards & Health Effects, Water Quality

    Healthy and Safe Swimming Week: Response Tools for Public Health Professionals

    The Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Partner Toolkit 2019 is now available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The toolkit is a guide to help public health professionals engage their target audiences and increase awareness of this annual observance. The toolkit includes community outreach suggestions; online resources; a sample press release, feature, and proclamation; […]

    Apr 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Water Quality

    2019 Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant

    The Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant is a $5,000 grant that honors a public health official or department who has made outstanding contributions to advance the public’s health and safe use of recreational water in pools, spas and waterparks through educational, safety, operational, and technical programs. The grant is given in the memory of Dr. Robert […]

    Mar 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Webinar, Air Quality, Water Quality

    MAHC Network Webinar Recording: Indoor Air Quality and Swimming Facilities

    The January 2019 MAHC webinar on indoor air quality and swimming facilities was held on Jan. 22, 2019. The webinar focused on a study will be launched in January 2019 to collect data illustrating relationships between the operational features of indoor swimming pool facilities and indoor air quality. The study will involve parallel measurements of […]

    Jan 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Water Quality

    CDC Releases 2018 Model Aquatic Health Code

    Government agencies and the aquatics sector can use the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) to reduce risk for outbreaks, drowning, and pool-chemical injuries at public pools and hot tubs/spas at apartment complexes, hotels, and waterparks. This third edition of the MAHC has been updated in the areas of disinfection and water quality, lifeguarding and bather […]

    Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    All of Us, Climate Change, Water Quality

    Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Messages for Summer Safety

    The summer months present a unique set of environmental health challenges for practitioners to consider. Climbing temperatures awaken a host of public health vectors (animals and insects that can transmit diseases to humans). Public pools reopen, with children flocking to splash around in—and, most likely, swallow—water that local health departments must ensure is adequately chlorinated. […]

    May 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Webinar, Water Quality

    MAHC Network Webinar Recording | Aligning Inspections with the MAHC: Introducing CDC’s New App, Aquatic Inspector

    The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network is a community for MAHC users, subject matter experts, and those hoping to learn about the code itself. Members will receive updates on the code, have access and provide input to newly developed resources, and join bi-monthly webinars featuring the code and users. On March 27, 2018, NACCHO […]

    Mar 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Model Aquatic Health Code Webinar Recording – Cyanuric Acid: It’s Not Just About Crypto

    The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network is a community for MAHC users, subject matter experts, and those hoping to learn about the code itself. Members will receive updates on the code, have access and provide input to newly developed resources, and join bi-monthly webinars featuring the code and users. On January 30, 2018, NACCHO […]

    Feb 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    The Truth about Mold: Preventing Summertime Risks and Beyond

    Mold is a common household nuisance and is found both inside and outside in varying amounts. For some people, mold and its spores cause very few problems, while for others it can be devastating—even life threatening. In the U.S., there are over two million children with chronic and other serious conditions that are at higher […]

    Aug 14, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    New NACCHO Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network Webinar Recordings

    Recordings and PowerPoint slides from the two most recent and highest attended Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network webinars are now available via NACCHO’s MAHC Network webpage. In coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy and Safe Swimming Week 2017, May’s webinar focused on how to prevent the increasing prevalence of Crypto, one […]

    Jul 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

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