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Preventing Pool Related Illnesses
- Inform your pool professional in the event of contamination.
- To minimize exposure to pathogens, swimmers should avoid getting water into their mouths and never swallow pool or spa water.
- Showering before swimming can reduce the introduction of contaminants.
- Wash kids before swimming, especially their hind parts.
- Take the kids on potty breaks, whether they ask or not.
- Toddlers should wear special "swim diapers" and even these are not foolproof.
- Check diapers often. If you hear, "I have to go," this can mean the child is already "going."
- Wash hands after changing a baby's diaper (and change kids in the bathroom not next to the pool).
- Those with diarrhea or other gastroenteritis illnesses should not swim, especially children.
- The education of parents of small children and other people with regard to good hygienic behavior at swimming pools is also important for improving health safety.
- A well-maintained, properly operating pool filtration and re-circulation system is the first barrier in combating contaminants large enough to be filtered.
- Rapid removal of filterable contaminants reduces the impact on the disinfection system thereby limiting the formation of chloramines, restricting the formation of disinfection by-products and optimizing sanitation effectiveness.
- Here is a great article about swimming pool sanitation from Wikipedia.