IOWA: Scott County reports hepatitis case - (Quad City Times)
August 20, 2008 – 8:18 pmA worker at a Davenport McDonalds has been diagnosed with the infectious Hepatitis A, but health department officials do not believe customers are at risk.
A news release from the Scott County Health Department indicates that the food handler and the restaurant were investigated, and the Iowa Department of Public Health was consulted.
It is highly unlikely that the restaurants patrons were exposed to the infection, and patrons of the restaurant need no further evaluation or preventive therapy, the news release states.
Louis M. Katz, medical director for the Scott County Health Department, added, McDonalds management has been very cooperative with the Health Departments investigation. They are to be commended for their commitment to safe food handling practices and monitoring of their employees compliance.
The McDonalds case is the third report of Hepatitis A in Scott County this year, health department officials said.
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