What is norwalk like virus
The virus affects the patient for normally 24 hours. It takes 12-48
hours to make patient sick. Symptoms are explosive with sickness and/or
diahorrea. An explosive sickness episode will infect 50-70% of all
persons within 4 meters. It can also be passed on from hand contact
and through food, if a food handler gets infected. Anyone sick must
be isolated for two days after the last event and have no visitors.
No cure - drink plenty of flat lemonade to keep sugar levels up
and prevent dehydration.
Any member of staff who has come down with Sickness & Diarrhoea
must be allowed two extra days off work as they are still contagious.
If food handler has come down with Sickness & Diarrhoea the
whole kitchen must be disinfected with ready to use Cryocide20 in
a spray and wipe surface application.
Your Public Toilets must be inspected every 15 minutes when busy
and any sign of sickness or diarrhoea immediately addressed as follows
- Close the Toilets.
- Spray thoroughly with Virucidal Air Freshener.
- Use the Body Spillage Kit as directed.
- Thoroughly clean down all surfaces with ready
to use Virucidal Surface Cleaner.
- Spray with ready to use Virucidal Air Freshener
again.
- Try to leave for half an hour for Virucidal
Air Freshener to settle. No extraction fans on if possible.
- Use Disposal Protective Clothing.
- Make sure that anyone struck down with Sickness
& Diarrhoea is repatriated to their Hotel/Bed & Breakfast
and do not go back on their vehicle.
About 50% of all patients have diarrhoea only; this is easier to
contain. Explosive sickness is the greatest risk.
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