[Organization of work with nursing staff in Central City Hospital of Verkhnyaya Pyshma town during mass hospitalization of patients with pneumonia caused by Legionella].

Data on organization and carrying out of preventive and antiepidemic measures in hospital during hospitalization of more than 197 patients with Pontiac fever and pneumonia caused by Legionella were presented. Directions and formats of work with medical personnel, including those invited from other medical institutions, as well as their information support were determined. Optimal choice of organizational, and educational technologies, as well as ways to control of compliance with implemented measures by the staff allowed to prevent cases of nosocomial infections in patients and medical personnel.

[Organization of preventive and antiepidemic measures in conditions of massive outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in population of town Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Epidemiologist's work experience in ensuring biosafety].

Data on organization and carrying out of preventive and antiepidemic measures in hospital during mass hospitalization (> 190 cases) of patients with community-acquired pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila are presented. Experience of physicians-epidemiologists in determination of directions of work in hospital, procedures of interaction, extent and description of biosafety measures in order to prevent nosocomial spread of infection to patients and staff are described.

[Organization of medical care of patients with pneumonia caused by Legionella during outbreak in Sverdlovsk region].

Data on organization of medical care during outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in July-August, 2007 in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma in Sverdlovsk region are presented. Special feature of this outbreak was spreading of infection in boundaries of the town with total population of 70,600 people. Results of organizational work of health authorities in order to provide timely and adequate medical care for patients with Legionnaires' disease on both outpatient and inpatient levels of care, conduction of preventive measures in foci of infection, coordination of interaction between different medical organizations and services are summarized in the article.

[The main trends in a complex program of rehabilitation of children with oncological diseases]. / Osnovnye napravleniia kompleksnoi programmy reabilitatsii detei s onkologicheskimi zabolevaniiami.

The present-day therapeutical programmes allow physicians to cure as many as 70% of children with malignant neoplasms, in some tumor forms, the proportion of recovered children is much higher, which shows it urgent to elaborate comprehensive rehabilitation programmes required for the effective integration of prior patients of children's cancer clinics into a group. The paper presents a complex rehabilitation programme worked out at the Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The basic directions of the programme are medical, psychological, pedagogical, and social rehabilitation. For medical rehabilitation, phytotherapy, medical laser, climate therapy, and therapeutical exercises are widely used. Of particular value are physical and recreational activities, which include the use of therapeutical exercises, active recreational activities, participation in sporting events, and conditioning swimming. Psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation is aimed at solving personality and familial problems, at developing intellectual abilities, and at eliminating steady-state bad habits and behavioral deviations. A psychological and pedagogical programme is based on the work of art-therapeutical shops where a child realizes his/her strivings, which promotes the recovery of his/her mental and social status. The work of psychologists and psychotherapeutists with children's parents occupies a highly important place since correction of child-parent relations serves as a necessary basis for mental recovery in a child. The most important factor of social rehabilitation is an educational programme aimed at acquiring knowledge and at stimulating cognitive activities. To implement the comprehensive programme increases life quality in children who have sustained cancer diseases, improves their social adaptation and thus facilitates integration of these children in society.