Collaborators
in the scheme are normally national or regional representatives
from the public health and microbiology institutes in each
country. They have been nominated by their Ministry of Health
as the official participants in the scheme. There are currently
35 countries in EWGLINET (24 EU and 11 non-EU) whose details
can be found in the Collaborators
section. (Although the United Kingdom is counted as a single
country in the total figure given above, collaborating duties
are split between the following parts of the country: England
& Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.) |
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The
staff who manage EWGLINET from London are:
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| Dr
Carol Joseph |
Project
Coordinator |
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| Ms
Anitra Jones |
Administrative
Assistant |
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| Ms
Katherine Ricketts |
Legionella
Scientist |
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| Ms
Rekha Yadav |
Information
Officer |
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Cases
must fulfil the scheme's case
definition. Collaborators from the participant
countries can access a confidential copy of the data for the
past two years. Older data, which have had the site names
masked because the site has only been associated with a single
case more than two years previously, are available to the
collaborators on request to the coordinating centre. |
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New
European
Guidelines for operating the scheme and advising
on control and prevention measures for reducing the incidence
of travel associated legionella were introduced on 1 July
2002. Where national regulations differ from the advice in
the guidelines, it is expected that countries adhere to their
national regulations. However, the guidelines promote the
standardisation of reporting and responding to cases of travel
associated legionnaires' disease between all European countries.
Countries adopting the guidelines are listed in the Collaborators
section. |
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