CDC’s Environmental Health Services Branch has mailed the Volusia County, Florida, Health Department, Environmental Health Division’s Swimming Pools and Spas Interactive Training CD-ROM to more than 4,000 of our partners in local and state environmental health programs.
The CD-ROM is an excellent and innovative tool for training new environmental health personnel and a good review for experienced staff. The 37 lessons include more than 100 videos, computer animations, and detailed 3-D graphics; 470 photos; interactive problem-solving exercises and quizzes; and live links to the CDC Healthy Swimming Web site for additional information and to keep the training material current with the latest information on recreational water illness prevention.
Course content includes
Introduction (historical, modern, public health issues)
Pool design (safety design, construction standards, calculations of volume,
recirculation, filtration, construction extras)
Operation (certified pool operators, chemistry record keeping, equipment,
troubleshooting)
Other pool types (wading pools, spa pools, water recreation attractions)
Safety (entrapment, the pool deck, inside the pool, safety equipment, CPR,
chemical storage, lifeguards and instructors)
Pool chemistry (the basics, the periodic table, chemical properties of water,
the halogens in water, the chemistry of chlorine in water, shocking the pool,
pH, other testing parameters)
Pool Forms
Inspections (conducting inspections, inspector requirements, enforcement)
Enforcement