Canadian recreational water quality guidelines - Indicators of fecal contamination: Development of updated guidelines

Canadian recreational water quality guidelines - Indicators of fecal contamination: Development of updated guidelines Several significant changes have been included in the current fecal indicator guidelines. This includes moving away from using GM and SSM's to using BAVs for day-to-day beach management (based on data from the most recent epidemiological studies), recommending PCR-based monitoring methods in addition to culture-based methods and encouraging the use of MST and the development of alternative criteria (where appropriate). 2024-06-24 Health Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Health and Safetychangesfecal indicator guidelinesepidemiological studiesculture-based methodsrecommending PCRbasedmethods Canadian recreational water quality guidelines - Indicators of fecal contamination: Development of updated guidelinesHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/recreational-water-quality-guidelines-indicators-fecal-contamination/development-updated-guidelines.html Canadian recreational water quality guidelines - Indicators of fecal contamination: Development of updated guidelinesHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/publications/vie-saine/recommandations-sujet-qualite-eaux-utilisees-fins-recreatives-indicateurs-contamination-fecale/elaboration-recommandations-actualisees.html

Several significant changes have been included in the current fecal indicator guidelines. This includes moving away from using GM and SSM's to using BAVs for day-to-day beach management (based on data from the most recent epidemiological studies), recommending PCR-based monitoring methods in addition to culture-based methods and encouraging the use of MST and the development of alternative criteria (where appropriate).

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