Cockroaches present at kitchen tied to daycare E. coli outbreak
Provincial health officials said Tuesday that 264 lab-confirmed cases have been connected to the outbreak.
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Provincial health officials said Tuesday that 264 lab-confirmed cases have been connected to the outbreak.
Alberta's chief medical officer of health says there three critical violations were found at a central kitchen serving Calgary daycares affected by an E.
Alberta Health Services (AHS) says a Calgary kitchen that supplied meals to several local daycares, leading to a massive E. coli outbreak among children and staff members, failed an inspection report earlier this month.
The E. coli variant known as 0157 is often the most virulent and can cause hemolytic uremic syndrome, which affects the kidneys and the ability of blood to clot.
An outbreak of E. coli infections at several Calgary daycares has infected more than 260 people, most of them children. It's not the first major outbreak of the food-borne illness— here's a chronological list of some of Canada's other major E. coli O157 outbreaks.