Tools and Guidance Materials
Explore our tools and guidance for environmental health programs.
Managers need to know if their workers are sick so they can decide if they should handle food. Do the Food Code, HIPAA, and ADA address this topic?
Read the reports and check out the new food safety indicator on state adoption of selected foodborne disease-related provisions from the 2013 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Code.
Infographic on Cooking Chicken Liver
Learn the importance of cooking chicken liver to 165°F.
Infographic on Contributing Factors
Learn about contributing factors to outbreaks and how you can identify them during outbreak investigations.
Infographic on Kitchen Manager Certification
Learn more about restaurant food safety and the importance of kitchen manager certification.
Infographic on Preventing Foodborne Illness
Learn how we help prevent foodborne illness outbreaks by understanding the environmental factors contributing to them.
Is your jurisdiction registered? Capture environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreaks to help prevent outbreaks associated with restaurants and other food venues.
Peruse our plain language research findings and recommendations on restaurant food safety topics such as sick food workers, hand hygiene, and kitchen manager certification.
Explore CDC’s 2017 report and resources, including a practical guide, infographic, fact sheet, podcasts, and more.
Read CDC’s 2016 report and access resources, including a practical guide, infographic fact sheet, and more.
Access resources to help communities with all phases of water advisories including guidance, recommendations, instructions, templates, and other tools.
Understand and prepare for drought in your community with this guide for public health professionals.
Develop an Emergency Water Supply Plan to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a total or partial interruption of health facilities’ normal water supply.
Learn how to assess the public health risks for using areas after a flood where potential exposure to microbial contamination exists.
Explore Legionella resources for environmental health practitioners, including a Vital Signs report and infographic, environmental sampling videos, toolkit for developing a water management plan, and more.
Access this tool for recommended strategies for drinking water programs and activities to improve programmatic performance using the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services.
CDC is collaborating with public health and industry experts to develop the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC), a free, evidence-based guide to make swimming and other water activities healthier and safer. It is a tool for state and local health departments to use to develop codes and regulations that reduce risk for waterborne disease outbreaks, chemical poisonings, drownings, and other injuries in pool and other recreational water venues.
View videos, posters, and other tools from health departments working to reduce exposures from private wells through CDC’s Safe Water for Community Health (Safe WATCH) program.
Use our standards and Assessment Toolkit to improve delivery of the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services in your community.
Explore approaches to improve and align your program with broader public health department initiatives.
Find tools to help your program fill performance gaps and contribute to larger performance improvement efforts such as voluntary public health accreditation.
Read this update of the CDC Urban Rodent Surveys manual which includes information about integrated pest management (IPM).
Reduce the risk of disease or personal injury associated with rodents with these recommendations for residential areas.