ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRACTICE
A comprehensive report documenting PDPHE’s experience from their earliest cata- lyst event to present-day progress will be released in 2024. Looking Ahead NACCHO is committed to supporting local health departments as they strengthen their aquatic health and safety programs. Through the MAHC Network, local health departments can learn about the latest MAHC updates and hear best practices and lessons learned directly from the field. NACCHO will develop and publish additional MAHC reference guides in 2024 based on input from members. NAC- CHO also plans to continue tracking stories of MAHC implementation to support local health departments. Visit www.naccho.org/mahc to find these MAHC tools and resources. Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the PDPHE Recreational Water Team for collaborating with NACCHO to share their MAHC adoption experience and to acknowledge Anupama Varma for her sup- port in this column. Corresponding Author: Rebecca Rainey, Pro- gram Analyst, National Association of County and City Health Ocials, 1201 I Street NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC, 20005. Email: rrainey@naccho.org.
Quick Guide for Floatation Tanks From the National Association of County and City Health Officials FIGURE 2
What Are Floatation Tanks? • Floatation tanks are a tub that contains a saturated solution of magnesium sulfate with a specific gravity (1.23–1.30), a light- and sound-reduced environment, and a temperature of approximately 92–96 °F (3.3–35.6 °C). • Floatation tanks are also known as float tanks, float rooms, pods, spas, chambers, isolation tanks, or sensory deprivation tanks. • Floatation tanks are used as a form of relaxation therapy, during which people can float in an environment with reduced external stimuli (e.g., sound, touch, light). View and download the quick guide at www.naccho.org/uploads/ downloadable-resources/quickguide-FloatationTanks_2023.pdf.
References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023). The MAHC . https://www.cdc.gov/ mahc/editions/index.html Hlavsa, M.C., Aluko, S.K., Miller, A.D., Per- son, J., Gerdes, M.E., Lee, S., Laco, J.P., Hannapel, E.J., & Hill, V.R. (2021). Out- breaks associated with treated recreational water—United States, 2015–2019. Morbid- ity and Mortality Weekly Report , 70 (20), 733–738. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr. mm7020a1
National Association of County and City Health Ocials. (2019). Pool code updates and use of the Model Aquatic Health Code in local jurisdictions . https://bit.ly/3PS5GvZ National Association of County and City Health Officials. (2024). Model Aquatic Health Code . https://www.naccho.org/pro grams/environmental-health/hazards/ water/model-aquatic-health-code-mahc- network
Did You Know?
A new blog from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Sewer Sleuths: Using Wastewater to Monitor Mpox—describes wastewater surveillance as one of the tools used to protect the public from further outbreaks of mpox. Read the blog at www.cdc.gov/ncezid/whats-new/modules/recent-work/sewer-sleuths.html.
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