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Healthy & Safe Swimming Week - Protect Yourself and Others!

Learn how to maintain your pool and spa properly to prevent respiratory infections caused by bacteria like Legionella. Take regular bathroom breaks and check swim diapers to ensure a healthy swimming environment. Educate yourself and your family during Healthy & Safe Swimming Week!

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Healthy & Safe Swimming Week - Protect Yourself and Others!

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  1. SHARE THE FUN... not the germs and make a HEALTHY SPLASH! Healthy & Safe Swimming Week May 20-26, 2019

  2. "Pool Chemistry for Healthy and Safe Swimming" Properly maintain your pool and spa to control the growth of bacteria like Legionella, which can cause severe respiratory infections. Properly maintain your pool and spa to control the growth of bacteria like Legionella, which can cause severe respiratory infections.

  3. Take children on bathroom breaks and check swim diapers at least once an hour. Educate you and your family about the steps of healthy swimming during Healthly and Safe Swimming Week! #HSSW2019 Educate you and your family about the steps of healthy swimming during Healthly and Safe Swimming Week! #HSSW2019 www.swimHealthyVA.com

  4. Don't Pee in the Pool! Don't Pee in the Pool! Pee in the pool mixes with chlorine, makes swimmers' eyes red, and uses up chlorine, leaving less to kill germs. #HSSW2019 Pee in the pool mixes with chlorine, makes swimmers' eyes red, and uses up chlorine, leaving less to kill germs. #HSSW2019 www.SwimHealthyVA.com

  5. Oh No Vibrio! Eating raw or undercooked seafood, particularly oysters. Salt water gets into open cuts or sores in skin Salt water enters the ear while swimming How you get Vibriosis: Don’t swim with open wounds! Wear earplugs! How you avoid Vibriosis: #swimhealthyVA#HSSW2019 www.SwimHealthyVa.com

  6. Vibriosis Prevention Tips Know the symptoms! People who get Vibrio infection by eating seafood usually experience diarrhea and vomiting Don’t swim with skin wounds or cuts Or use waterproof bandages to cover wounds before getting into the water Individuals with pre-existing medical conditions are at greater risk Liver disease, diabetes, cancer, and certain stomach disorders or people who are immune compromised are at greater risk of severe, potential fatal, illness from Vibrio #swimhealthyVA#HSSW2019 www.SwimHealthyVa.com

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