Health Care Provider Information on Foodborne Illness

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Required Disease Reporting
Clinical Information
Epidemiologic Information
News

Required Disease Reporting

• Reporting an Infectious Disease
  Healthcare providers are required to report to the Minnesota Department of Health all confirmed or suspected cases of the following:
  • Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter)
  • Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium)
  • Enteric Escherichia coli infection
    (E. coli O157:H7, other enterohemorrhagic E. coli,
    enteropathogenic E. coli, enteroinvasive E. coli)
  • Giardiasis (Giardia)
  • Listeriosis (Listeria)
  • Salmonellosis (Salmonella)
  • Shigellosis (Shigella)
  • Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
  • Yersiniosis (Yersinia)
    
    
  • Illness-related Restrictions for Food Workers and for Children or Staff in a Child Care or Preschool Setting
    Cases are subject to restriction on child care/preschool attendance and food handling.

Clinical Information

• Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses: A Primer for Physicians
  CDC, MMWR; Information on recognizing, diagnosing, and treating foodborne illnesses.
  
  
• Food-Related Illness
  CDC; Includes information about clinical features, transmission, trends, and more.

Epidemiologic Information

• Disease Control Newsletter Annual Summaries
  Annual summaries of surveillance data for diseases and conditions reportable to the Minnesota Department of Health.
  
  
• Outbreak Statistics: Summary of Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Minnesota
  Summary of gastroenteritis outbreaks in Minnesota that is published each year. Outbreaks summarized include those from food, water, animal contact, and person-to-person transmission.

News

• Disease Control Newsletter
  The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Disease Control Newsletter (DCN) has been published for over 20 years, including a yearly issue devoted to an annual summary of reported communicable diseases.