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[Health requirements of sauna facilities in East Germany]. 1989

R Scharf

There was a considerable increase in sauna attendance in the GDR in recent years. For excluding the risk of an infection transfer when attenting the sauna it is necessary to pay particular hygienic attention to this special type of sports and recreational facilities. The special hygienic requirements to the staff and sauna users are explained. The tasks and responsibilities of the state sanitary inspection when opening and controlling public saunas are described.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003140	Communicable Disease Control	Programs of surveillance designed to prevent the transmission of disease by any means from person to person or from animal to man.	Flatten the Curve of Epidemic,Flattening the Curve, Communicable Disease Control,Parasite Control,Control, Communicable Disease,Control, Parasite
D004203	Disinfection	Rendering pathogens harmless through the use of heat, antiseptics, antibacterial agents, etc.
D005160	Facility Design and Construction	Architecture, exterior and interior design, and construction of facilities other than hospitals, e.g., dental schools, medical schools, ambulatory care clinics, and specified units of health care facilities. The concept also includes architecture, design, and construction of specialized contained, controlled, or closed research environments including those of space labs and stations.	Facility Construction,Facility Design,Construction, Facility,Constructions, Facility,Design, Facility,Designs, Facility,Facility Constructions,Facility Designs
D005859	Germany, East	The former German Democratic Republic which was reunified with the former Federal Republic of Germany in 1990.	Democratic Republic of Germany,German Democratic Republic,Germany, Democratic Republic of
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014871	Water Microbiology	The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in water. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.	Microbiology, Water
D029002	Steam Bath	Therapy of sitting in a hot steamy room followed by a cool bath or shower.	Baths, Finnish,Sauna,Sweat Lodge,Finnish Sauna,Bath, Finnish,Bath, Steam,Finnish Bath,Finnish Saunas,Lodge, Sweat,Sauna, Finnish,Saunas, Finnish