https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus en-us 2015-09-29 07:32:56 UTC 2025-11-19 03:16:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395382993  A case was defined as a person who consumed food provided by the catering company and subsequently developed diarrhoea or vomiting and at least one other symptom (i.e. nausea, fever, chills, abdominal pain, backache and muscle aches). ]]> 2019-10-09 01:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395382993 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395383012 6 events over 3 days all catered by the same company
Events 1 and 2: Retrospective cohort studies done to determine risk factors, questionnaire sent out
Events 3-6: Ill attendees were asked to confirm via email]]> 2019-10-09 01:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395383012 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395383317  event attendees and the convalescent food handler. ]]> 2019-10-09 01:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395383317 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395383597 Who? Catering company employees (chefs, delivery assistant, kitchen hand) and event attendees
What? recombinant norovirus GII.e/GII.4
Where? Auckland, New Zealand
When? September 21-24th 2010]]> 2019-10-09 01:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395383597 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395383894 Passive surveillance 

Strategy focused]]> 2019-10-09 01:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395383894 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395384577 - demonstrates the impact that a sole infected food handler may have in the catering setting, and 
- catering companies to adopt food safety programmes that enable workers who are recovering from gastrointestinal illness to cease food handling until at least 2 days have elapsed following cessation of symptoms. 

- challenges: food service employees are typically required to draw down on their sick leave entitlement while stood down from work, and those on casual contracts may receive no income while absent from duties. 
- effective hand hygiene should be practised by catering company workers. ]]> 2019-10-09 01:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395384577 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395384587 Faecal samples taken from ill lunch attendees and all food handlers
Environmental samples taken from interior of food preparation premises
All samples tested for bacterial and viral presence - bacterial negative, RT-qPCR confirmed norovirus was responsible]]> 2019-10-09 01:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395384587 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395384900 To detect future outbreaks of norovirus]]> 2019-10-09 02:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395384900 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395384962 It was hypothesised that the norovirus was spread from the food handlers]]> 2019-10-09 02:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395384962 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395385289 Prevention:
- good hygiene
- enforce policies to stand-down sick handlers until free of gastroenteritis symptoms for at least 48 hours 
Control: 
- remaining away from work until symptoms have been resolved
- taking a sick leave if sick
- using appropriate cleaning products for toilet surfaces]]> 2019-10-09 02:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395385289 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395385440 systematic data collection
data analysis 
stat analysis
 interpretation analysis 
provide info 
distribute info 

]]> 2019-10-09 02:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395385440 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395385527 Staff who worked during time of events questioned about if they had been ill within the last 10 days
Food safety assessment undertaken
Cleaners employed at venue asked if they had cleaned up vomitus in last 10 days]]> 2019-10-09 02:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395385527 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395386777 overall =(38/158) = 0.2405
Event 1 (20 Sept)
Poached chicken sandwich = 0.4583

Event 2 (20 Sept)
Italian sushi = 0.6
Spiced chicken on cucumber noodle salad = 0.7272
Venison with tomato = 0.7

Event 2 (21 Sept)
Club sandwiches = 0.66

Event 1 & 2 combined 
0.3243


]]> 2019-10-09 02:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395386777 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395387052 2019-10-09 02:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395387052 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395387327 Overall Attack Rate: 
24.1% (events 1 and 2)
27.1% (all events)]]> 2019-10-09 02:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395387327 https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395422300 2019-10-09 05:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/donna_lacap/norovirus/wish/395422300