Nikonov, B.I., Gurvich, V.B., Smirnova, S.S., Romanenko, V.V., Romanov, S.V.

Organizational support of investigation of Legionnaires" disease outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Administration of Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare in Sverdlovsk region; Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Sverdlovsk region, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Materials on organizational support of preventive and antiepidemic measures during outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region) in July—August 2007 are presented. Thanks to collaborative efforts of Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare, Ministry of Health of Sverdlovsk region, health-care services in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, near located municipalities, and others it was able to establish in short term the hospital for treatment, identify source of the infection and factor of its transmission, and terminate the outbreak. Operative implementation of the mentioned measures both allowed to provide good quality medical care to all patients and to prevent occurrence of such situations on other towns of Sverdlovsk region.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 2, P. 85—88