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: Received: 7 October 2024 / Approved: 8 October 2024 / Online: 8 October 2024 (14:03:34 CEST)
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Papadakis, A.; Chochlakis, D.; Koufakis, E.; Carayanni, V.; Psaroulaki, A. Hotels Recreational Water Safety: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic and Way Forward for a Safe Aquatic Environment. Preprints2024, 2024100582. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0582.v1
Papadakis, A.; Chochlakis, D.; Koufakis, E.; Carayanni, V.; Psaroulaki, A. Hotels Recreational Water Safety: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic and Way Forward for a Safe Aquatic Environment. Preprints 2024, 2024100582. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0582.v1
Papadakis, A.; Chochlakis, D.; Koufakis, E.; Carayanni, V.; Psaroulaki, A. Hotels Recreational Water Safety: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic and Way Forward for a Safe Aquatic Environment. Preprints2024, 2024100582. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0582.v1
APA Style
Papadakis, A., Chochlakis, D., Koufakis, E., Carayanni, V., & Psaroulaki, A. (2024). Hotels Recreational Water Safety: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic and Way Forward for a Safe Aquatic Environment. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0582.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Papadakis, A., Vilelmine Carayanni and Anna Psaroulaki. 2024 "Hotels Recreational Water Safety: Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic and Way Forward for a Safe Aquatic Environment" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0582.v1
Abstract
The recreational waters of hotels are widely used by locals and travelers all around the world and this impacts public health. In this regard, WHO frequently offers recommendations - especially in the COVID-19 era - so operators and managers of public pools, hot tubs or splash pads should continue to follow. This study aims to evaluate the microbiological results of COVID-19 sanitation protocols in recreational waters in hotels during the summer periods of post-COVID-19 (2020–2022) and compare them with those of pre-COVID-19 (2019). We found positive samples for different parameters in the period of 2019: 11.5 % for total coliforms (18/157), 12.2% for common aerobic bacteria (19/156), 2.9% for E. coli (5/170), and 18.2% for P. aeruginosa (27/148). For the pandemic years, the percentages of positive samples were: 8.1% for total coliforms (40/493), 1.3% for common aerobic bacteria (7/526), 1.3% for E. coli (7/526), and 18.4% for P. aeruginosa (83/450). The study found that the relative risk (RR) from the presence of P. aeruginosa in recreational waters with chlorination 25°C. Although non-compliance decreased at the beginning of the pandemic due to strict health protocols, this gradually stopped.
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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