| Document ID (ISN) | 102223 |
| CIS number |
03-1433 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0034-8732 - Prevención |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Villanueva Íñiguez Y., Laborda Grima R. |
| Title |
Legionellosis - A public health problem with occupational repercussions |
| Original title |
Legionelosis - Un problema de salud pública con repercusiones en el ámbito laboral [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr.-June 2003, No.164, p.28-38. Illus. 7 ref. |
| Abstract |
This article presents Spanish regulations on the prevention of legionellosis. Contents: legislation; various types of equipment that are subject to the current national regulations; notification of hazardous installations to the competent authority; log of installation maintenance operations; general prevention measures; prevention measures applicable to health care institutions; interventions by sanitary authorities; steps to be undertaken in cases of single outbreaks or epidemics; preventive measures that are referred to in legal texts adopted by the autonomous region of Valencia. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational hygiene; legal aspects; biological hazards; legionellosis; Spain |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
aerosols; cooling systems; cooling towers; plant safety and health organization; air humidification; inspection; preventive maintenance |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Biological hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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