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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The environmental epidemiology of a large outbreak of clostridium perfringens in a correctional facility

Environmental health professionals and epidemiologists in Grand Rapids, Michigan respond to reports of an outbreak of Clostridium perfringens affecting 250 inmates at the county jail. Their investigation discovers numerous food handling mistakes and environmental conditions which caused the outbreak. Their food samples identified unique findings regarding the behavior of Clostridium perfrigens in an institutional setting. This presentation will discuss those findings and present information which environmental health profesionals will find valuable regarding this organism's behavior. Attendees will 1) Understand effective investigation/intervention techniques within institutional settings 2) Understand the unique characteristics of Clostridium perfringens and challenges that those characteristics present to investigators. 3) Understand unique environmental health risk factors for foodborne illness within the institutional environment.

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