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An Outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium at a Teaching Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Bradley McCall ,
Joseph G. McCormack ,
Russell Stafford  and
Christopher Towner
Bradley McCall*
Affiliation:
Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit, Upper Mt Gravatt, outh Brisbane, Australia
Joseph G. McCormack
Affiliation:
Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia
Russell Stafford
Affiliation:
Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit, Upper Mt Gravatt, outh Brisbane, Australia
Christopher Towner
Affiliation:
Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit, Upper Mt Gravatt, outh Brisbane, Australia
*
Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit, PO Box 6509, Upper Mt Gravatt, Qld 4122, Australia
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Abstract

An outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium infection in December 1996 affected 52 patients, relatives, and staff of a large teaching hospital in southeast Queensland. Assorted sandwiches were identified as the vehicle of transmission. This article describes the outbreak investigation and demonstrates the importance of food hygiene and timely public health interventions.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 55 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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