Workshop on Methods for Investigation of Waterborne Disease Outbreaks. Summary ofRecommendations. Held in Denver, Colorado, October 11-13, 1988

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Health Effects Research Laboratoryand the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA) planned and conducted a workshop for state epidemiologists and drinking water officials in October 1988, for the purpose of improving the investigation and reporting of waterborne disease outbreaks. Plenary sessions provided participants with basic concepts in epidemiology, water supply engineering, clinical and water sample collection and analyses. Examples of several recent outbreak investigations were included to reinforce these concepts and to provide an understanding of the investigative process.