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Excluding Ill Food Workers

Target Objectives

  • Determine the circumstances under which a food handler should be excluded from work
     

  • Determine the criteria for a food handler to return to work

Target Objectives

Strategy Check

Strategy Check

Tips and Tricks

  • For highly infectious pathogens where cases may be asymptomatic (i.e. norovirus, Hepatitis A), it may be necessary to require a negative stool or multiple tests before returning to work
     

  • With many pathogens, ill cases can continue shedding the organism in their stool for days to weeks even after they stop experiencing symptoms
     

  • Consult epidemiology and/or healthcare providers on when food workers can return to work

Tips and Tricks
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