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Restaurant policies and practices related to norovirus outbreak size and duration
Hoover ER , Hedeen N , Freeland A , Kambhampati A , Dewey-Mattia D , Scott KW , Hall A , Brown LG . J Food Prot 2020 83 (9) 1607-1618 Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, and restaurants are the most common setting of foodborne norovirus outbreaks. Therefore, prevention and control of restaurant-related foodborne norovirus outbreaks is critical to lowering the burden of foodborne illness in the United States. Data for 124 norovirus outbreaks and outbreak restaurants were obtained from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance systems and analyzed to identify relationships between restaurant characteristics and outbreak size and duration. Findings showed that restaurant characteristics, policies, and practices were linked with both outbreak size and duration. Compared to their counterparts, restaurants that had smaller outbreaks had the following characteristics: managers received food safety certification; managers and workers received food safety training; food workers wore gloves; and restaurants had cleaning policies. In addition, restaurants that provided food safety training to managers, served food items requiring less complex food preparation, and had fewer managers had shorter outbreaks compared to their counterparts. These findings suggest that restaurant characteristics play a role in norovirus outbreak prevention and intervention; therefore, implementing food safety training, policies, and practices likely reduces norovirus transmission, leading to smaller or shorter outbreaks. |
Transitioning to country ownership of HIV programs in Rwanda
Binagwaho A , Kankindi I , Kayirangwa E , Nyemazi JP , Nsanzimana S , Morales F , Kadende-Kaiser R , Scott KW , Mugisha V , Sahabo R , Baribwira C , Isanhart L , Asiimwe A , El-Sadr WM , Raghunathan PL . PLoS Med 2016 13 (8) e1002075 Agnes Binagwaho and colleagues describe how Rwanda achieved country ownership of its HIV programs. |
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