Minimizing Risk of Illness and Injury at Public Aquatic Facilities by Maximizing the Power of Aquatic Facility Inspection Data.

INFECTION prevention; PREVENTION of injury; PUBLIC buildings; ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring; PUBLIC health; SWIMMING; INFORMATION resources

The article discusses minimizing risk of illness and injury at public aquatic facilities by maximizing the power of aquatic facility inspection data. Topics covered include a national convenience survey which found that almost two thirds of adults do not know that they can ask for inspection scores for individual public aquatic venues and the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code's (CMAHC) support for the use of aquatic facility inspection.