Yersiniosis‚ Pediatric Yersiniosis is a rare bacterial infection that can cause a fever‚ abdominal pain‚ and diarrhea. CAUSES This condition is most often caused by a species of bacteria called Yersinia enterocolitica. This bacteria can be carried by pigs and other animals. A child can become infected after: Eating contaminated food‚ especially raw or undercooked pork (common). Drinking contaminated‚ unpasteurized milk or untreated water. Touching a toy‚ bottle‚ or pacifier that
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Dr. GEORGE ROMBO Cholera This is an infection of the small intestine caused by bacterium vibrio cholera. Transmission is mostly from the fecal contamination of food and water that is caused by poor sanitation Susceptibility About 100 million bacteria must typically be ingested to cause cholera in a normal healthy adult. Children are also more susceptible with 2- 4 year old having the highest rates of infection Individual susceptibility to cholera is also affected by their blood type with
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says (CDC) “In America about 40‚000 cases of Salmonella are reported every year”. When you hear salmonella you only think salmonella but you really don’t understand what it is. “Salmonella is a bacterium that occurs in the intestines‚ that causes food poisoning”. When contracting the virus there are common symptoms you attract. Christian Nordavist says when infected with Salmonella it causes “typhoid fever‚ gastroenteritis‚ enteric fever and other illnesses”
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In the summer of 2008 there was a widespread outbreak of listeriosis linked to deli meats produced in a Maple Leaf Foods‚ Inc. (Maple Leaf) plant in Toronto‚ Canada. The outbreak claimed over 20 lives and sickened hundreds. This reaction paper will take a deeper look at the crisis‚ analyze the company’s response‚ and address ethical issues related to the case such as responsibility‚ honesty‚ and transparency. Similar cases involving recalls made by Menu Foods‚ Tylenol and Mattel will be discussed
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Blast Report The case study I received was about a family of four that was experiencing symptoms of fever‚ abdominal cramping‚ and diarrhea. The children were affected more severely than the adults. It seems that the family consumed spoiled food considering that their fridge broke early in the day and they ate the food that was in there later on. My blast came up with a 99.6% match with Salmonella typhimurium. This seems to be an accurate match considering the symptoms related with a Salmonella
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In December 2016‚ Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. was served with a federal grand jury subpoena in connection with a criminal investigation that is tied to an incident at Simi Valley restaurant. The Denver restaurant chain shared with the Securities and exchange commission a broad range of documents that is related to the chipotle restaurant in Simi Valley that has experienced an isolated incident in August 2016. Chris Arnold in an email said that the company does not discuss the legal pending actions
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Event Safety Generic Risk assessment This example event risk assessment is for a small music festival held on a green field site for up to a maximum of 4000 attendees. Event Name Date of Assessment Version Review Date Assessment carried out by What are the hazards? Who might be harmed and how? What are you doing already? What further action is necessary? Action by who? Action by when? Done Workplace transport Workers and others risk serious‚ possibly fatal‚ injuries if struck by
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Criteria covered in this assignment: Assessment Criteria Question it has been covered in HSC2029 – 1.1 Question 1 HSC2029 – 1.2 Question 2 HSC2029 – 1.3 Question 2 HSC2029 – 1.4 Question 3 HSC2029 – 1.5 Question 3 HSC2029 – 1.6 Question 4 HSC2029 – 2.1 Question 2 HSC2029 – 2.2 To be covered in observation HSC2029 – 2.3 To be covered in observation HSC2029 – 2.4 To be covered in observation HSC2029 – 3.1 Question 1 HSC2029 – 3.2 To be covered in observation HSC2029 – 3.3
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Food hygiene legislation 2006 requires that the food producer and handler are well trained in respect to food safety. It was established to treat food intended for human consumption in a controlled and managed way. The key requirements of the legislation are that food must comply within food safety requirements and should be appropriately labelled. Nurses must know about food and safety to have a job in clinical practice‚ as patients would not want food that would causes harm. For example in a hospital
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When Food Kills Nicholas Kristof An outbreak causing the death of 31 people in Europe is causing wide speculation of the agriculture industry. The outbreak‚ caused by E. coli‚ supposabley arose from bean sprouts grown in an organic farm in Germany. All over the world food-borne illnessess are hopstitalizing and even killing people. Just in the United states 325‚000 people are hospitalized and 5‚ooo die every year because of the wide spread of food-borne illnessess. Farmers all over the
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