[Current aspects of the state and improvement of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of workers and passengers of Russian railways].

The data on the sanitary-epidemiological state of Railways objects of Russia are presented. Bacteriological examination of drinking water taken from the water systems of passenger cars showed that 3.9-5.

[Current status and aspects of solving issues of sanitary and epidemiological well-being at the facilities of railway transport in Russia].

An analysis of modern sanitary-epidemiological status of railway transport is presented. The mean index of occupational morbidity in railway transport workers in recent years is 1.2 cases per 10 thousand railway workers.

[Biosafety at the railway transport objects of the Russian Federation].

The results of a microbiological investigation of drinking water quality were analyzed. Water samples taken from the centralized and noncentralized water supply sources failed to meet hygienic standards in 14-18% of cases and those from water tubes did in 4-6%. Water samples from the household and community water use reservoirs showed the excess of the allowable levels of lactose-positive colibacilli and coliphages, which were 46.