Which of the following represents an appropriate method of
reporting concerns about a potential foodborne illness?
Clinicians report all patients presenting with vomiting and
diarrhea to the local public health department.
Clinicians report concerns about possible foodborne illness only
after laboratory confirmation to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Clinicians report concerns about possible foodborne illness to the
local health department only after laboratory confirmation.
Consumer who becomes ill after eating at a restaurant contacts the
local public health department.
Consumer who becomes ill after eating at a restaurant contacts the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Which of the following is an appropriate method for information
to be gathered in an outbreak investigation?
Clinicians ask patients to contact the health department because
the health department doesn’t have the authority to contact private
citizens.
Clinicians share patients’ medical information with the public
health department after the patients provide permission.
Clinicians share patients’ medical information with the public
health department without seeking patient permission.
Public health department contacts patients after healthcare
providers confirm the patients’ willingness to speak with the
health department.
Public health department’s environmental health specialists collect
a sample of each food product available at a potential source of an
outbreak and send all samples to the laboratory for testing.
Which of the following represents an appropriate method of reporting concerns about a potential foodborne illness? Clini
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