I wrote this just a year ago – I have had no takers.
In 2000, I wrote this:
In light of the recent, large-scale Hepatitis A exposure in the San Francisco Bay Area, food safety attorneys of the Seattle-based law firm of Marler Clark, are asking restaurants and food manufacturers to voluntarily vaccinate all workers
Restaurants, PLEASE vaccinate your employees.
According to New York press reports, the Oneida County Health Department as well as Rome Memorial Hospital are partnering to provide Hepatitis A. vaccinations to those who think they were exposed.
This comes after the health department announced that an employee at Cianfroccos in Rome tested positive for Hepatitis A.
There is not a day that goes by that that another food services worker is found positive for Hepatitis A thereby putting thousands of customers at risk.
Here are the numbersL
Here are the states:
One dose of single-antigen hepatitis A vaccine has been shown to control outbreaks of hepatitis A and provides up to 95% seroprotection in healthy individuals for up to 11 years.
Please get one and do not become a statistic – especially, if you are a food service worker.
States with Hepatitis A cases.
Niagara County Public Health Director Daniel J. Stapleton announces a case of Hepatitis A virus in a local restaurant worker. The Niagara County Department of Health (NCDOH) launched a disease investigation on December 3, 2019 directly after receiving notification of the suspected case. Following laboratory testing, interviews and a restaurant inspection, an employee who handles
The Genesee County Health Department in conjunction with the Saginaw County Health Department has confirmed a case of hepatitis A in a foodservice worker who was employed at both the Kentucky Fried Chicken located at 6021 Dort Hwy in Grand Blanc Township and 9230 Birch Run Road in Birch Run, Michigan.
Both facilities are cooperating
Seriously, would it have simply been better to vaccinate your employees?
I got “Georgia on my mind.” My heartfelt thanks to the North Georgia Health Department.
Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable, communicable disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). It is usually transmitted person-to-person through food or objects contaminated by fecal material. Symptoms of hepatitis A can appear abruptly and can include
OK, I know I am becoming a broken record, but we are seeing food service workers with hepatitis A on a near daily basis exposing thousands to hepatitis A – why not vaccinate them and prevent the spread?
According to press reports, recent numbers from the Washington Department of Health show the state’s hepatitis A outbreak continues to grow. The statewide total, as of Thursday, showed 72 confirmed cases since January 1. Of those cases, almost three dozen have led to hospitalization. On Monday, King County Public Health confirmed six new cases since
