Summer time is here and what better way to stay cool and have fun: GO SWIMMING! But before you go do take time to read these few reminders to help protect you and your family, and others from recreational swimming illnesses(RWIs) as provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Healthy swimming behaviors are needed to protect you and your kids from RWIs and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place. Here are six "P-L-E-As" that promote Healthy Swimming:
Link to Related Topic: How Simming can make you Sick.
Healthy swimming behaviors are needed to protect you and your kids from RWIs and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place. Here are six "P-L-E-As" that promote Healthy Swimming:
Three "P-L-E-As" for Everyone
PLEASE
don't swim when you have diarrhea...this is especially important for kids in diapers. You can spread germs into the water and make other people sick.
don't swim when you have diarrhea...this is especially important for kids in diapers. You can spread germs into the water and make other people sick.
PLEASE
don't swallow the pool water. In fact, try your best to avoid even having water get in your mouth.
don't swallow the pool water. In fact, try your best to avoid even having water get in your mouth.
PLEASE
wash your hands with soap and water after using the toilet or after changing diapers. You can protect others by realizing that germs on your body end up in the water.
wash your hands with soap and water after using the toilet or after changing diapers. You can protect others by realizing that germs on your body end up in the water.
Three "P-L-E-As" for Parents with Young Kids
Follow these "P-L-E-As" to protect your child and others from getting sick and to help keep RWIs out of your community:
PLEASE
take your kids on bathroom breaks often. Waiting to hear "I have to go" may mean that it's too late.
take your kids on bathroom breaks often. Waiting to hear "I have to go" may mean that it's too late.
PLEASE
change diapers in a bathroom and not at poolside. Germs can spread to surfaces and objects in and around the pool and spread disease.
change diapers in a bathroom and not at poolside. Germs can spread to surfaces and objects in and around the pool and spread disease.
PLEASE
wash your child thoroughly (especially the rear end) with soap and water before swimming. We all have invisible amounts of fecal matter on our bottoms that could end up in the pool.
wash your child thoroughly (especially the rear end) with soap and water before swimming. We all have invisible amounts of fecal matter on our bottoms that could end up in the pool.
Link to Related Topic: How Simming can make you Sick.
