CALIFORNIA: Norovirus confirmed after South Bay food poisoning incident - (NBC 11)
November 26, 2007 – 11:40 pmBob Kennedy, chief of Santa Cruz County Public Health, was cited as confirming that one of the 99 people suffering from an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness at an Aptos hotel has tested positive for Norovirus.
On Friday, the public health department issued an advisory regarding the outbreak of a foodborne illness at a restaurant in the Seascape Resort and Conference Center. Since the outbreak the health agency worked to contact more than 1,000 people who visited the hotel between Nov. 9 and 15.
The story says that the restaurant reopened Friday night after a thorough cleaning of all facilities and a complete review of procedures with 71 hotel and restaurant employees.
New policies have been put into place to help combat future outbreaks, including an hourly hand-washing cycle, illness checks at the beginning of each shift and a log of the checks to be reviewed by Santa Cruz County Public Health.
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