Marler Clark again calls for mandatory vaccinations of food service workers - (Marler Blog)
April 24, 2008 – 8:40 pmhttp://www.marlerblog.com/2008/04/articles/case-news/marler-clark-again-calls-for-mandatory-vaccinations-of-food-service-workers/index.html
San Diego is the latest in a series out outbreaks and exposure to hepatitis A via restaurant food and/or infected workers. County health officials there say they are investigating six cases of hepatitis A linked to a Chipotle Mexican Grill in La Mesa.
Hepatitis A is the only common vaccine-preventable foodborne disease in the United States. Yet according to foodborne illness litigation specialist William Marler, not a month goes by without a warning from a health department somewhere in the US that an infected food handler is the source of a potential hepatitis A outbreak.
Vaccinations of food handlers combined with an effective and rigorous hand washing policy is the only sure road to preventing more hepatitis A outbreaks. It is time for health departments across the country to require vaccinations of foodservice workers, especially those that serve the very young and the elderly.
Hepatitis A virus a result of fecal-oral contamination, […]
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