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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

Implications of Recent Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak on Cruise 
Ship--Public Meeting

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and the 
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC), announce the following meeting.

    Name: Implications of Recent Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak on 
Cruise Ship--Public Meeting.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday, October 17, 1994.
    Place: CDC, Building 1, Auditorium B, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open.
    Supplementary Information: An epidemiologic investigation of a 
recent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease among passengers of a 
cruise ship indicated that the source of the infection was 
aerosolized water from the recreational spa system. This meeting 
between CDC and the cruise-ship industry, recreational-spa industry, 
private and academic consultants, and other interested parties will 
review the circumstances of that outbreak, the current requirements 
for spa sanitation, and what future actions may be advisable to 
prevent similar outbreaks.
    For a period of 15 days following the meeting, through November 
1, the official record of the meeting will remain open so that 
additional material or comments may be submitted and made part of 
the record of the meeting. The meeting will be open to the public 
for participation, comment, and observation, limited only by space 
available.
    For Further Information Contact: Thomas O'Toole, Deputy Chief, 
Special Programs Group (F29), NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 404/488-7073.

    Dated: September 14, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-23199 Filed 9-19-94; 8:45 am]
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