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introduction to Legionella and its presence in the workplace environment. It reviews
Legionella ecology, contamination risks factors, health effects, infectious exposure
scenarios, and how to assess building risk. This course has been awarded:
0.5 MPs by the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH)
0.5 CMPs by the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) for 2 courses in
the Free Seminar Series
0.5 Industrial Hygiene CM Points by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH)
For more more information call 1(888)
732-4347 or email training@rea.ca |
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| MODULE 1 -
INTRODUCTION TO LEGIONELLA |
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| 1.0 |
Natural Ecology of
Legionella |
| 2.0 |
Mechanisms of Human Exposure
to Legionella |
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Diseases |
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Risk Factors - Persons and
Facility/Systems |
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Legionella Contamination ?
Legionnaire’s Disease |
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| MODULE 2 - WHY DO
DISEASE OUTBREAKS OCCUR? |
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Infectious Exposure
Scenarios |
| 2.0 |
Chain-of-Events Causation |
| 3.0 |
Confluent Factors in
Legionnaire’s Outbreaks |
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| MODULE 3 -
LEGIONELLA IN THE WORKPLACE |
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Assessing Legionella Risk:
What to Measure, and Not to Measure |
| 2.0 |
Environmental Hygiene
Precautionary Risk Assessment |
| 3.0 |
US OSHA Technical Manual,
Section III, Chapter 7 |
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| MODULE 4 -
WORKPLACE CASE STUDY: SEVEN OAKS LEGIONNAIRE'S OUTBREAK |
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Overview of the Outbreak |
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”Warm Water” -
It’s the Law |
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Epidemic Incidence Curve |
| 4.0 |
Toronto Public Health
Sampling Program |
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REA’s Role, and Our
Experience |
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Report of the Expert Panel
on the Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak in the City of Toronto (released Dec. 2005) |
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Retrospective on Outbreak
Risk Factors |
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