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• Explain how employee health is related to foodborne illness.
• List the signs and symptoms that need to be reported to the Person in Charge (PIC).
• List the diagnoses and exposures that must be reported to the PIC.
• Describe how proper hand hygiene and no bare hand contact with Ready To Eat food can prevent foodborne illness.

The purpose of this training is to communicate the symptoms and exposures food employees are responsible for communicating to their Person in Charge.

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Purpose:

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Foodborne

Why do we need to care?

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Illness

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Foodborne illnesses..

It may cost you your job!

• Affect millions and cause thousands of deaths each year
• Cost billions of dollars each year
• Can be attributed to 25% of outbreaks
• Can result in legal action and damaged reputation

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ACCORDING TO THE CDC, EVERY YEAR...

48 million

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people get sick from foodborne illnesses.

More than 128,000

people are hospitalized related to foodborne illnesses.

Around 3,000

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people die from foodborne illnesses.

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NOROVIRUS

About half of all food related outbreaks of illness are caused by Norovirus.

• Commonly called the “stomach flu”
• Results in diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, and stomach cramping
• Noroviruses are found in vomit and stool (fecal matter):
• 18 to 1,000 particles is enough to make someone sick
• 30,000,000 particles in one episode of vomiting

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DID YOU KNOW?

People with norovirus are contagious from the moment they feel ill to at least 3 days after recovery.

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REDUCE FOODBORNE ILLNESS

This virus spread quickly and easily!

• People can become infected by:
• Eating food that is contaminated
• Touching surfaces that are contaminated, then their mouths
• Food can become infected by:
• Direct contact with contaminated hands
• Direct contact with surfaces that are contaminated with infected stool or vomit
• Tiny droplets that spray through the air when an infected person vomits

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DID YOU KNOW?

If a person vomits – particles can be found up to 25’ away.

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This organism can survive up to 2 weeks or even longer on inanimate objects (door handles, light switches, etc.)

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REDUCING FOODBORNE ILLNESS

• Remove ill employees from food preparation
• Use proper handwashing techniques
• No bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat foods

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DID YOU KNOW?

Reducing foodborne illness by 10% would keep about 5 million Americans from getting sick each year.

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DO YOUR PART:

TALK TO YOUR MANAGER!

It is your responsibility to report certain symptoms and illness to your manager.

Your manager may restrict or exclude you from working with food, based on your symptoms/exposure.

• Restrict: tasks are limited and cannot include exposed food or clean equipment
• Exclude: employee is not allowed to work

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DO YOUR PART:

REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY!

If you have any of the following symptoms caused by illness or infection:

• Vomiting
• Jaundice (yellowing of the eyes and skin)
• Diarrhea
• Sore throat with fever
• Infected wounds or lesions with pus (on hands or exposed body parts)

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DO YOUR PART:

REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY!

If you or a household member has been diagnosed by a doctor with:

• Norovirus
• Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever)
• E. coli
• Hepatitis A
• Shigellosis
• Nontyphoidal Salmonella

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DO YOUR PART:

REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY!

When you have:

• Consumed or handled food that was implicated in a foodborne outbreak.
• Attended or worked in a location that had a confirmed foodborne illness outbreak.
• Live with someone who works or was in a location that was known to have had a foodborne illness outbreak.

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BREAK THE CHAIN:

STOP THE SPREAD OF INFECTION!

Don’t touch ready-to-eat foods with bare hands.

Wash hands properly

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HAND WASHING

• Before handling or serving food
• After using the restroom
• After sneezing or blowing nose
• After taking a break, eating, or smoking
• After touching face or hair
• After returning to kitchen from another area
• After handling uncooked foods
• After taking off gloves
• After busing tables or handling dirty dishes
• After working with chemicals

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HAND WASHING

• Apply soap; Rub hands together vigorously.
• Wash between fingers, back of hands, palms, fingernails, under rings, wrists, and forearms.
• Total time washing should be at least 20 seconds.
• Rinse hands and arms thoroughly �under warm water.
• Repeat until hands are clean.
• Dry hands with individual paper towel �or air-dry machine.
• Turn off the water faucet with �paper towel and if exiting a restroom, to touch the handle of the door.

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Activity:

Must we report it?

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ACTIVITY: Must we report it?

Amelia, a sandwich maker, has developed a fever since arriving at work.

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Clay, a prep chef, has itchy eyes and a runny nose while preparing vegetables.

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ACTIVITY: Must we report it?

Paula, a pizza maker, vomited several times before coming to work.

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Joe, a grill operator, has been feeling tired for several days. While at work, a coworker comments that Joe's skin looks yellow.

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ACTIVITY: Must we report it?

Mary, a salad maker, has had a sore throat for several days but otherwise feels fine.

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Rhonda, a chef, has a stomach ache and has made several trips to the restroom during her shift due to diarrhea.

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ACTIVITY: Must we report it?

Rick, a grill cook, has had to cough several times while grilling hamburgers.

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DO YOUR PART. REPORTING SYMPTOMS IS MANDATORY!

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Thank you.

If you have questions,

Please contact the Nutrition Resource Center at:

1.800.968.4426

nrc@gfs.com

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