Legionella

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CDC: Legionella (Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever)

CDC: Vital Signs, Legionnaires' Disease

CDC: Healthy Swimming and Legionella

Building managers

Guidelines for prevention

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015, Legionellosis: Risk management for building water systems

CDC: Developing a Water Management Program to Reduce Legionella Growth and Spread in Buildings: A Practical Guide to Implementing Industry Standards​

Testing water for Legionella

List of Environmental Legionella Isolation Techniques Evaluation (ELITE) Program certified laboratories

Hot tub operation and maintenance

CDC: Operating Public Hot Tubs

CDC: Healthy Swimming Disinfection & Remediation of Pools & Hot Tubs

CDC: Healthy Swimming Design & Operation of Pools & Hot Tubs

CDC: Disinfection of Hot Tubs Contaminated with Legionella

CDC: The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC): An All-Inclusive Model Public Swimming Pool and Spa Code

MDH Office of Healthy Homes and Communities, Public Swimming Pool & Spas

Publications:

CDC: Legionella Publications

Vital Signs: Deficiencies in Environmental Control Identified in Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease — North America, 2000–2014

Vital Signs: Health Care–Associated Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Data from 20 States and a Large Metropolitan Area — United States, 2015

Public Health Reports: A Large Community Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease Associated With a Cooling Tower in New York City, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases: Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Caused by Endemic Strain of Legionella pneumophila, New York, New York, USA, 2015

MMWR: Notes from the Field: Two Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in Newborns After Water Births — Arizona, 2016​​

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