[Organization of work with nursing staff in Central City Hospital of Verkhnyaya Pyshma town during mass hospitalization of patients with pneumonia caused by Legionella].

Data on organization and carrying out of preventive and antiepidemic measures in hospital during hospitalization of more than 197 patients with Pontiac fever and pneumonia caused by Legionella were presented. Directions and formats of work with medical personnel, including those invited from other medical institutions, as well as their information support were determined. Optimal choice of organizational, and educational technologies, as well as ways to control of compliance with implemented measures by the staff allowed to prevent cases of nosocomial infections in patients and medical personnel.

[Organization of preventive and antiepidemic measures in conditions of massive outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in population of town Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Epidemiologist's work experience in ensuring biosafety].

Data on organization and carrying out of preventive and antiepidemic measures in hospital during mass hospitalization (> 190 cases) of patients with community-acquired pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila are presented. Experience of physicians-epidemiologists in determination of directions of work in hospital, procedures of interaction, extent and description of biosafety measures in order to prevent nosocomial spread of infection to patients and staff are described.

[Epidemiologic situation and measures for prevention of infectious diseases in Sverdlovsk region in 2006-2007].

Materials characterizing the epidemiologic situation on most significant infectious diseases in Sverdlovsk region are presented. Experience on providing the epidemiologic welfare based on systematic surveillance for activity of various factors influencing the epidemic process is described.

[Epidemiologic situation on pneumonia incidence in population of Sverdlovsk region in 2006-2007 and goals for improving of system for epidemiologic surveillance].

Personalized system for registration of community-acquired pneumonia cases instituted in Sverdlovsk region in 2002 is able to provide completeness of identification, accounting, and registration of pneumonia cases as well as to organize regular medical follow-up for survived persons. In addition, the automated system allows to conduct operative and retrospective analysis of morbidity according to area, age and social groups with identification of casual and risk factors as well as to timely organize the complex of preventive measures in an area.