Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A vaccinations seen as necessary for all foodservice workers

Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 25th, 2005

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.

In the last 2 weeks 1,200 high school and elementary school students from Stockton, California, 5,000 patrons of a Clinton, Tennessee, Waffle House, and thousands who ate a Norfolk, Virginia, Soul Food Restaurant all have something in common - all are being urged to get Immune Globulin (Ig) shots to prevent the infection and further spread of hepatitis A after being exposed to a hepatitis A infected foodservice worker.

According to William Marler, it seems that hardly a month passes without a...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-05-25)

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