CSTE Legionnaires' Disease Surveillance Workgroup

The purpose of this workgroup is to inform and improve practices related to Legionnaires’ disease surveillance and response in local, state, tribal, and territorial settings.

2018-2019 LD Case Definition/Position Statement Timeline

2019 position statement template released – Early December 2018
Position statement author trainings released – January 2019
Review draft position statement with CSTE LD case definition small group –  Monday, January 7, 2019
Present draft position statement with larger CSTE LD Surveillance WG – Thursday, January 17, 2019
Discuss and make changes to the position statement within CSTE LD case definition smaller group –  Monday, February 4, 2019
Finalize draft position statement with larger CSTE LD Surveillance WG – Thursday, February 21, 2019 (last LD WG call before submission date)
Submission deadline (includes appendices) – Thursday, March 7, 2019
Position statement assigned to specific committee – Thursday, March 21, 2019
Position statement reviewed and suggestions for revision are sent to primary author – Thursday, April 4, 2019
Revised revisions must be submitted – Thursday, April 18, 2019
Position statement posted on CSTE website – Thursday, April 25, 2019
Webinars for position statement discussion – April-May 2019