An outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis food poisoning in a psychiatric hospital in Dublin, Ireland

T Grein; D O’Flanagan; T McCarthy; T Prendergast

doi:10.2807/esm.02.11.00188-en

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An outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis food poisoning in a psychiatric hospital in Dublin, Ireland
T Grein^1,2 , D O’Flanagan² , T McCarthy³ , T Prendergast³
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Affiliations: ¹ European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) ² Department of Public Health, Eastern Health Board, Dublin, Ireland ³ Environmental Health Services, Eastern Health Board, Dublin, Ireland

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Citation style for this article: Grein T, O’Flanagan D, McCarthy T, Prendergast T. An outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis food poisoning in a psychiatric hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Euro Surveill. 1997;2(11):pii=188. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.02.11.00188-en

Abstract

On 29 August 1996 Ireland's Eastern Health Board (EHB) was informed of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in a psychiatric hospital in Dublin. Fifty people among 240 members of staff and 183 patients had reportedly fallen ill since 27 August and new