Food service worker coughing and sweating

Connecticut                                                                        

Ill Food Worker

Educational Campaign

 

The Food Protection Program of the Connecticut

Department of Public Health has designed this educational campaign as part of a Health Impact Study funded in part by the CDC’s Environmental Health Specialist Network (EHSNet)*. 

 

The study objective is to decrease the occurrence of restaurant-associated norovirus outbreaks potentially caused by food workers working while ill with vomiting or diarrhea by educating food workers and managers. 

 

The materials have been developed to: inform workers of the need to report illness and to not work when they are ill; assist management in promoting open communication with food workers; provide a resource for additional information on employee health policies; increase reporting of illness by food workers to management; and increase the required reporting of ill food workers by management to the local health department. 

 

Campaign Educational Materials:

 

Food Worker Poster            English, Spanish, Chinese                

Manager Poster                   English, Spanish, Chinese       

Manager Pamphlet                 English, Spanish, Chinese    

 

Additional Resources for Local Health Department Staff:

 

n  Circular Letter 2009-48 Connecticut Ill Food Worker Educational Campaign

n  Circular Letter 2008-38 Updated Guidelines for Reporting & Controlling Ill Food Workers

n  Guidelines for Restricting Food Service Workers from Commercial Food Establishments

n  Talking Points Flyer/Employee Health Policy Recommendations

n  A sample reporting agreement for Food Workers

 

Posters and pamphlets have been provided to local health departments throughout Connecticut for distribution to Class III & IV food service establishments.  Additional copies of the posters and pamphlets can be obtained by contacting your local health department or the Food Protection Program.

 

*EHSNet: (pronounced S-Net) is a collaborative forum of environmental health specialists whose mission is to improve environmental health.  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/EHSNet