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It happened in two schools, the ASL immediately activated the epidemiological investigation, verifies in the company that produces the meals and in the dining room.
BARBERINO DI MUGELLO – The functional unit of public health, veterinary and food safety of the ASL center was alerted yesterday after a report came from the Integral Institute of Barberino di Mugello for some cases of stomach flu, definite not serious by ASL, found by 70 children and some teachers from the Giuseppe Mazzini de Barberino and Lorenzo el Magnífico de Cavallina complexes.
The ASL Unit was immediately activated with a first inspection of the company based in Agliana di Pistoia that produces meals for the school cafeteria and it blocked the residual raw materials that had been served the day before to prepare the dishes for the dining room for their corresponding analysis.
A second inspection yesterday afternoon. It was carried out in the canteen rooms from the Mazzini school where the Asl operators they stayed late into the night. At the same time, ASL has startedepidemiological investigation which is still ongoing.
“We are waiting to know the results of the analyzes – said the director of the Ausl Toscana Center, Paolo Morello Marchese – ma we want to reassure families that the health company is doing and will continue to do in the coming days, doing everything possible to understand the causes and responsibilities. The protection of children is our main concern at this time. We are close to them and their families because of what happened ”.
From ASL they said that “of the two inspections and no element would have emerged from the first investigations that could lead to suspect a systemic cause, that is, erroneous repetitive elements of behavior attributable to a serial problem. ”Thanks to the availability of parents who proved to be very cooperative from the beginning, they were two samples collected stool of children affected by the episode.
Both stool culture and bacteriological analysis of food are currently in progress, but to obtain reliable laboratory responses. it will take a few days: “The epidemiological investigation – they said from Asl – is in its first phase but from the first reconstructions the suspicion is that it was a occasional event, not structural. “
“We are in constant contact with ASL – said the mayor of Barberino Giampiero Mongatti – I take the opportunity to thank the speed and precision of the intervention. We believe that ASL guarantees, also linked to extraordinary controls, in addition to ordinary ones, are an important and priority aspect. As a result of the results of the analyzes and investigations, our steps will be followed as an institution, which if responsibility is verified, will be categorical ”.
In the coming days the operators of the Public Health and Food Safety Unit will be present upon reopening at the company headquarters by check the methods of preparing and executing the service which will resume regularly on Monday. Meanwhile, microbiological analysis and epidemiological investigation continue through phone calls to parents to gather information on children’s symptoms.
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