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FIGURES - September 28, 2024 11:46 a.m
An outbreak of salmonellosis at the hospital in Figueres affects seventeen people
JOAN PUNTÍ - FIGUERES
An outbreak of salmonellosis at the hospital in Figueres affects seventeen people, including healthcare and kitchen professionals and patients - both from the hospital and from the Bernat Jaume Intermediate Care Hospital, the annex center where people with the presence of geriatric syndromes-. Technicians from the Public Health Agency of Girona, together with the Fundació Salut Empordà (FSE), are monitoring this outbreak that was detected on September 19, after some of those affected began to show symptoms. As ACN has confirmed, the Occupational Health Unit of the FSE declared the outbreak to the Epidemiological Surveillance Service on September 24, when ten people were affected.
Sources from the hospital report that, at that time, from the Public Health Agency of Catalonia (ASPCAT), preventive measures were taken "immediately" to avoid new contagions and an active search was made for cases with the 'help from the FSE. The investigation remains active.
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An outbreak of salmonellosis at the Figueres Hospital (Girona) affects 17 people
SALMONELLA HEALTH
Barcelona, Sep 28 (EFE).- An outbreak of salmonellosis at Figueres Hospital (Girona) and at the Bernat Jaume Intermediate Care Hospital in the same city has affected 17 people, including patients and healthcare professionals, sources from the Department of Health told EFE on Saturday.
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09/28/2024 14:15
Barcelona, Sep 28 (EFE).- An outbreak of salmonellosis at Figueres Hospital (Girona) and at the Bernat Jaume Intermediate Care Hospital in the same city has affected 17 people, including patients and healthcare professionals, sources from the Department of Health told EFE on Saturday.
Technicians from the Girona Public Health Agency, together with the Fundación Salut Empordà, which manages the two hospitals, are monitoring this outbreak of salmonellosis, which was detected on 19 September.
The Foundation's Occupational Health Unit reported the outbreak to the Epidemiological Surveillance Service on Tuesday 24, when there were already ten people affected, including health and kitchen professionals and patients from the two centres.
Those affected are experiencing vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever, which in the case of the Intermediate Care Hospital, which cares for the elderly, has been added to other underlying diseases.
The same health sources have reported that the Public Health Agency of Catalonia immediately agreed on preventive measures to avoid new infections and actively searched for cases with the help of the Foundation's professionals.
The investigation into how this outbreak could have arisen is still active today, although no new cases are expected given that the outbreak began almost ten days ago and the illness usually lasts between two and seven days.
Salmonellosis is one of the most common foodborne diseases, caused by the Salmonella bacteria that lives in the intestines of animals and humans and is generally contracted through the consumption of food contaminated with these microorganisms. EFE
