Well, we only got to swim about 700 meters tonight before we got kicked out of the pool. Lightning? Noooo..... While we were swimming they were teaching lessons on one side of the pool. Apparently some kid threw up into the pool. They made everyone get out. The manager said that any time they have "liquid fecal matter or vomit" they have to super-chlorinate the pool.
It reminded me of a time a few years ago when I went to a local Y for their annual 100 100s on 100 seconds. We were going to start at 9:00pm on a Friday night. At about 8:30pm, a kid threw up in the pool. The Y people were trying to tell us that we might not be able to swim. One of the Masters swimmers, a doctor, kept saying, "But vomit is sterile!"
I tried to use that argument tonight but it didn't work...
What is the policy at your pool?
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They say there's more nasty stuff living in outdoor pools than indoors...coming from things like bird poop...and dead frogs.
But to answer your question...most pools are required to shut down from barf mishaps. Ours does.
From the Centers For Disease Control...
Vomit in Pool Water
Q: What germs are likely to be spread by vomit?
A: Noroviruses (also known as Norwalk-like viruses)
Q: Assuming that norovirus is in the vomit, what should I do?
A: Respond to the vomit accident as you would respond to a formed fecal accident, using CDC's recommendations.
Noroviruses sound pretty nasty...
www.noroblog.com/.../
They say there's more nasty stuff living in outdoor pools than indoors...coming from things like bird poop...and dead frogs.
But to answer your question...most pools are required to shut down from barf mishaps. Ours does.
From the Centers For Disease Control...
Vomit in Pool Water
Q: What germs are likely to be spread by vomit?
A: Noroviruses (also known as Norwalk-like viruses)
Q: Assuming that norovirus is in the vomit, what should I do?
A: Respond to the vomit accident as you would respond to a formed fecal accident, using CDC's recommendations.
Noroviruses sound pretty nasty...
www.noroblog.com/.../
