scholarly journals Legionnaires´ disease clusters associated with travel to Spain during the period January 2001 to July 2003

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Cano ◽  
N Prieto ◽  
C Martin ◽  
C Pelaz ◽  
S Mateo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Response Criteria ◽  
Disease Clusters ◽  
European Guidelines ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Legionnaires Disease ◽  
And Control ◽  
Surveillance Scheme

Epidemiological surveillance and control of travel associated cases of legionnaires´ disease are necessary tasks for public health and collaboration between countries is necessary to do this. Within the framework of the European Surveillance Scheme for Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease (EWGLINET), European Guidelines for Control and Prevention of Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease have been produced . This has established the reporting and response criteria when cases or clusters appear. In this paper the analysis of the information corresponding to the 46 reported clusters related to Spain is presented. Data corresponds to the period January 2001 to July 2003.

scholarly journals Launch of new European guidelines for control and prevention of travel associated legionnaires’ disease

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (27) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
European Guidelines ◽  
European Working Group ◽  
European Working ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Legionnaires Disease ◽  
Surveillance Scheme ◽  
Tour Operator

On 1 July 2002 new European guidelines (1), under which the European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI) will operate, were introduced, as was a new identity for the scheme – EWGLINET. A working group from the surveillance scheme produced the guidelines after wide consultation with all collaborating countries, national and international tour operator bodies and other professional groups.

scholarly journals Plesiomonas: A Review on Food Safety, Fish-Borne Diseases, and Tilapia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Alejandro De Jesús Cortés-Sánchez ◽  
Luis Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand ◽  
Mayra Díaz-Ramirez ◽  
Erika Torres-Ochoa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Fundamental Property ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Plesiomonas Shigelloides ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Public Health Challenge ◽  
And Control

Fish and fish products are considered a fundamental part of the human diet due to their high nutritional value. Food-borne diseases are considered a major public health challenge worldwide due to their incidence, associated mortality, and negative economic repercussions. Food safety is the guarantee that foods will not cause harm to the health of those who consume them, and it is a fundamental property of food quality. Food safety can be at risk of being lost at any stage of the food chain if the food is contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms. Many diverse bacteria are present in the environment and as part of the microbiota of food that can be transmitted to humans during the handling and consumption of food. Plesiomonas shigelloides has been mainly associated with outbreaks of gastrointestinal diseases due to the consumption of fish. This bacterium inhabits the environment and aquatic animals and is associated with the microbiota of fish such as tilapia, a fish of importance in fishing, aquaculture, commercialization, and consumption worldwide. The purpose of this document is to provide, through a bibliographic review of databases (Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, among others), a general informative perspective on food-borne diseases and, in particular, the consumption of fish and tilapia. Diseases derived from contamination by Plesiomonas shigelloides are included, and control and prevention actions and sanitary regulations for fishery products established in several countries around the world are discussed to promote the safety of foods of aquatic origin intended for human consumption and to protect public health.

scholarly journals Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales, 1980–92

1994 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Joseph ◽  
J. M. Watson ◽  
T. G. Harrison ◽  
C. L. R. Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
National Surveillance ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Sporadic Cases ◽  
Legionnaires Disease ◽  
And Control ◽  
Surveillance Scheme

SUMMARYTwo hundred and eighteen nosocomial cases of Legionnaires' disease with 68 deaths were reported to the National Surveillance Scheme for Legionnaires Disease between 1980 and 1992, representing 15% of the reported infections acquired in England and Wales. Twenty–two nosocomial outbreaks accounted for 135 (62%) of these cases, the remainder occurring as single cases either in hospitals where other single cases or outbreaks had been reported in different years or as ‘sporadic’ cases in hospitals from which no other cases were reported. A clinical history prior to onset of Legionnaires' disease was available for 124 patients, 61 of whom had undergone recent transplant therapy or were immunosuppressed for other reasons.Sixty cases (27%) were diagnosed by culture of the organism and isolates from 56 patients were typed; 25 (42%) were nonL. pneumophilaserogroup 1 infections.Methods for prevention and control of nosocomial outbreaks are discussed, in particular the susceptibility to Legionnaires' disease of certain groups of hospital patients.

scholarly journals European Surveillance of Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Joseph
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
European Guidelines ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Legionnaires Disease ◽  
Surveillance Scheme

Disease acquired in one country but diagnosed and reported in another, necessitates international cooperation if it is to be controlled, investigated and further cases prevented. The European surveillance scheme for travel associated legionnaires' disease (EWGLINET) was established in 1987 to operate in this type of context and has been highly active in sharing information and coordinating its actions since then. In July 2002 European guidelines were introduced by EWGLINET that have standardised the response to clusters across most countries in Europe. Three papers presented in this special issue show how the guidelines have been successfully adopted in France (1), Italy (1) and Spain (2), despite the additional workload associated with their implementation. The paper from the coordinating centre in London provides an overview of EWGLINET results in 2002.

Legionnaires’ disease

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Phin ◽  
Falguni Naik ◽  
Elaine Stanford ◽  
Sam Ghebrehewet
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Severe Pneumonia ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Source Of Infection ◽  
Salient Points ◽  
Legionnaires Disease ◽  
And Control ◽  
Typical Scenario

This chapter describes Legionnaires’ disease and its importance as a preventable cause of severe pneumonia—one that mainly affects older people and has a high mortality rate. The background information and epidemiology of Legionnaires’ disease describe the salient points succinctly. The approach to surveillance and public health management is described in detail, as, unlike many infectious diseases, the source of infection is in the environment and infection is not spread from person to person. A case study is used to describe a typical scenario, the principles used in the investigation, as well as the management and control of such incidents. Top tips are provided to reinforce key and essential activities.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Nosocomial Infection Control Programs in health services

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayra Gonçalves Menegueti ◽  
Silvia Rita Marin da Silva Canini ◽  
Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues ◽  
Ana Maria Laus
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Prevention Of Nosocomial Infection ◽  
And Control ◽  
Mean Compliance

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the Nosocomial Infection Control Programs in hospital institutions regarding structure and process indicators.METHOD: this is a descriptive, exploratory and quantitative study conducted in 2013. The study population comprised 13 Nosocomial Infection Control Programs of health services in a Brazilian city of the state of São Paulo. Public domain instruments available in the Manual of Evaluation Indicators of Nosocomial Infection Control Practices were used.RESULTS: The indicators with the highest average compliance were "Evaluation of the Structure of the Nosocomial Infection Control Programs" (75%) and "Evaluation of the Epidemiological Surveillance System of Nosocomial Infection" (82%) and those with the lowest mean compliance scores were "Evaluation of Operational Guidelines" (58.97%) and "Evaluation of Activities of Control and Prevention of Nosocomial Infection" (60.29%).CONCLUSION: The use of indicators identified that, despite having produced knowledge about prevention and control of nosocomial infections, there is still a large gap between the practice and the recommendations.

ORAL HEALTH IN PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-144
Author(s):  
JOHN A. BIGLER
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
And Control

Symposia on oral health in children have been all too few on pediatric programs. Although there have been numerous articles in the dental and public health journals, comparatively few have appeared in pediatric and other medical literature. When one considers that children are particularly vulnerable to dental caries and it is estimated that 92% of the population have some dental problems, the importance of this subject becomes evident. There are not enough dentists in this country to take care of the problems. For this reason, prevention and control of dental caries becomes the responsibility of the physician as well as the dentist. It becomes even more an obligation than a responsibility because we as pediatricians assume care that makes for total child health. With this in mind the pediatrician must keep abreast of the theories of dental caries initiation, its control and prevention. He should also recognize when children are getting proper dental care.

Public health professionals’ perceptions of the capacity of China’s CDCs to address emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Xiaoliang Tong ◽  
Alana Hansen ◽  
Scott Hanson-Easey ◽  
Jianjun Xiang ◽  
Scott Cameron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
And Control

AbstractBackgroundChina’s capacity to control and prevent emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases is critical to the nation’s population health. This study aimed to explore the capacity of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs) in China to deal with infectious diseases now and in the future.MethodsA survey was conducted in 2015 among 973 public health professionals at CDCs in Beijing and four provinces, to assess their capacity to deal with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.ResultsAlthough most professionals were confident with the current capacity of CDCs to cope with outbreaks, nearly all indicated more funding was required to meet future challenges. Responses indicated that Yunnan Province faced more challenges than Anhui, Henan and Liaoning Provinces in being completely prepared and able to deal with outbreaks. Participants aged 20–39 years were more likely than those aged 40 and over to believe strategies such as interdisciplinary and international collaborations for disease surveillance and control, would assist capacity building.ConclusionThe capacity of China’s CDCs to deal with infectious diseases was excellent. However, findings suggest it is imperative to increase the number of skilled CDC staff, financial support, and strengthen county level staff training and health education programs.

Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control: A Framework for Action

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (S1) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Monroe ◽  
Janet L. Collins ◽  
Pamela S. Maier ◽  
Thomas Merrill ◽  
Georges C. Benjamin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
And Control

The Proceedings of the National Summit on Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control is based on a two-part conceptual framework composed of public health and legal perspectives. The public health perspective comprises the six target areas and intervention settings that are the focus of the obesity prevention and control efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).This paper presents the legal perspective. Legal preparedness in public health is the underpinning of the framework for the four “assessment” papers and the four “action” papers that are integral to the application of public health law to any particular health issue. In addition, this paper gives real-world grounding to the legal framework through examples that illustrate the four core elements of legal preparedness in public health that are at work in obesity prevention and control.

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