Course Details
Course Details
Course ID
177
Course Name
Legionnaires Disease
Contact Hours
1.0
Approved Industry
Drinking Water and Wastewater
Partner Name
CEU Plan
Primary Contact
Bill Edgar
wwedgar@ceuplan.org
352-754-1259 Ext.
Website
Description
This course provides information to assist industrial hygienists in the assessment of work sites for potential Legionnaires Disease. It provides information on disease recognition, investigation procedures to identiyf probable water sources. And control strategies. The primary focud of thid document is on the control and prevention of contaminated water sources, not on case identification, an area of exoertise primarily exercised by local health departments frequently in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. Appendices include guilelines for acceptanle levels of the organism in water, procedures for identifying mew cases of the disease, and water treatment and control strategies for facilities where an outbreak has occurred
This course is Broken into three sections:
(1) Introduction, Disease Recognition, & Source Identification
(2) Investigation and Controls
(3) Employee Awareness Program, Sampling Guidelines, and Protocols.
Course Level
Basic thru Advanced
Course Content
I. Introduction
II. Disease Recognition
III. Source Identification
IV. Investigation
V. Controls
VI. Bibliograghy
*1 Emoloyee Awareness Program
*2 Physical Survey and Water Sampling Protocol
*3 Water Sampling Guidelines
*4 Legionnaires Disease Case Identification
*5 Water Treatment Protocol for Facilities that Have Experienced a Legionnaires Outbreak
Target Audience
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators
Training Format
Virtual Asynchronous