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Smearing feces on toddler slide introduced crypto into pool in Wales; 106 sickened in 2009

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An Aug. 2009 outbreak of cryptosporidium amongst children and adults who swam at the Merthyr Tydfil centre in Wales was caused by the smearing of feces on the toddler slide on Aug. 22, 2009.

Officials said it was important people with diarrhea did not go swimming.

A total of 45 cases of the illness were confirmed through laboratory testing and the pool was closed for three weeks following the confirmation of the outbreak. Over 100 people were estimated to have been sickened during the outbreak.

The report (which is available through the BBC story) also said,

"Gaps and weaknesses in policies and operational procedures and non-adherence to procedures in relation to incidents such as fecal accidents are also likely to have contributed to spreading cryptosporidium contamination widely at the time."
 

Kings Of Leon cancel St Louis gig after ‘pigeon poop’ drama

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This is not rock ’n roll.

There’s all these new bands that have the same whiny sound, nothing distinctive, and lyrically they write like self-obsessed babies.

Now one group is acting like babies.

Kings Of Leon cancelled an outdoor gig in St Louis on Friday (July 23) after a pigeon pooped on bassist Jared Followill’s head.??

Gigwise.com reports the band were three songs into their set at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater when they announced that the concert was being halted due to “safety concerns.”

”??No further explanation was given at the time, but drummer Nathan Followill later revealed more details on Twitter.??

“So sorry St. Louis. We had to bail, pigeons shitting in jareds mouth and it was too unsanitary to continue,” Nathan wrote.??

The drummer apologized again, but was bombarded with criticism from the band’s fans.??

Responding to the disapproval, he added: “Don’t take it out on Jared, it’s the ****ing venues fault. You may enjoy being shit on but we don’t. ??“Sorry for all who travelled many miles.”

The incident has inspired the creation of the seemingly hoax Twitter account, twitter.com/KOLPigeon.?? Fox2now had originally cited heat as the cause for the cancellation. It is not clear if the concert will be rescheduled.

If it really was pigeon poop, there’s a low-tech solution. Wear a ball cap.

Hepatitis A possible for Colorado golf course patrons

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Someone didn’t wash their hands and may have placed their poop in ice, drinks and fruit at Desert Hawk, part of the Pueblo West golf course in Colorado.

The Pueblo City-County Health Department announced that transmission of hepatitis A may have occurred on May 31, 2010, at the course.

Dr. Christine Nevin-Woods, Public Health Director at the Pueblo City-County Health Department, said,

“People who had ice, cold drinks with ice, or cut fruit on May 31, 2010 at Desert Hawk at Pueblo West golf course may be at risk for developing hepatitis A.”

Nevin-Woods says that people who consumed these drinks and ice items on this date should receive an injection of hepatitis A immune globulin or vaccine on or before June 11.

Questions and concerns will be addressed by calling the Health Department at 719-583-4942 or 719-583-4531.

Don’t eat poop, and don’t drink poop in soda

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A student at Haddon Township High School in South Jersey – always Jersey – discretely defecated into a classmate’s soda on March 29, 2010, and once the victim unwittingly took a drink, students in the classroom erupted in laughter.

Jason Laughlin, a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office told the Philadelphia Daily News that when a teacher found out the next day, the accused 17-year-old was charged with aggravated assault and tampering with a food product.

The accused, a standout wrestler (is this The Breakfast Club?), was not identified because of his age. His mother said the incident was being "blown out of proportion" and declined to comment further. His father is a physical-education teacher in the district.

The suspect has a scheduled hearing Thursday in Camden County Superior Court, Laughlin said.

Poop in the public pool

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Chapman already e-mailed me today to say in was 90F in Raleigh, North Carolina, and he was working with his laptop in some nice area of town. It’s going to be 90F here in Manhattan (Kansas) tomorrow, but the new public pool at the park down the street with the psychedelic water slide configuration won’t be open for a few months (whoever designed the Escher-like system of slides and pools was clearly on something).

As summertime pools open, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided to remind Americans that 1-in-8 public pools were closed after 120,000 routine inspections of public pools in 2008, and that many kids were swimming in poop.

From the CDC report summary:

Swimming is the third most popular U.S. sport or exercise activity, with approximately 314 million visits to recreational water venues, including treated venues (e.g., pools), each year (1). The most frequently reported type of recreational water illness (RWI) outbreak is gastroenteritis, the incidence of which is increasing (2). During 1997–2006, chlorine- and bromine-susceptible pathogens (e.g., Shigella and norovirus) caused 24 (23%) of 104 treated venue–associated RWI outbreaks of gastroenteritis, indicating lapses in proper operation of pools (2). Pool inspectors help minimize the risk for RWIs and injuries by enforcing regulations that govern public treated recreational water venues.

To assess pool code compliance, CDC analyzed 2008 data from 121,020 routine pool inspections conducted by a convenience sample of 15 state and local agencies. Because pool codes and, therefore, inspection items differed across jurisdictions, reported denominators varied. Of 111,487 inspections, 13,532 (12.1%) resulted in immediate closure because of serious violations (e.g., lack of disinfectant in the water). Of 120,975 inspections, 12,917 (10.7%) identified disinfectant level violations.

Although these results likely are not representative of all pools in the United States, they suggest the need for increased public health scrutiny and improved pool operation. The results also demonstrate that pool inspection data can be used as a potential source for surveillance to guide resource allocation and regulatory decision-making. Collecting pool inspection data in a standardized, electronic format can facilitate routine analysis to support efforts to reduce health and safety risks for swimmers.

I just wanted a Dunkin’ Donut and got Hepatitis A instead

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Next time go to Tim Hortons.

The Westchester Health Department says some patrons of a New York doughnut shop may have been exposed to hepatitis A by an infected employee.

Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Archbald says customers may have been exposed if they had any iced drinks between March 28 and April 6 at a combined Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins shop on Washington Street in Peekskill.

A spokeswoman said the employee may have reached into the ice machine with bare hands while he was infected.

The county is offering free post-exposure treatment.

Get vaccinated before grabbing ice with poop on your hands.

Poop in pet store leads to lawsuit

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The USA Today yesterday reported a Virginia man is suing mega pet chain PetSmart for $1 million after slipping in dog feces at their store in Newport News, Va.

Robert Holloway alleges that the retailer and its employees "negligently allowed animals to enter the premises and deposit feces in such a manner as to create a dangerous and hazardous condition" and that it should’ve been cleaned up. His suit claims that he slipped during the incident last year, injuring his back and knocking out four teeth. He was 69 at the time, according to the Virginian-Pilot.

A judge dismissed a suit brought in 2008 by a woman who said she slipped in urine and injured her knee at the same PetSmart location.

Someone changes a baby’s diaper on a restaurant table, would you say anything?

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One of Amy’s former students and her Canadian hubby are living in Montreal, where Mary documents their wild and crazy antics on her blog, somewhere over the poutine.

While visiting family in Burlington, Vermont, the gang went out for lunch at Al’s Kitchen, where a young father pulled a Britney Spears and mistook a dining table as a diaper changing station.

As described by Evan,

“No blanket, nor cleaning agent was used during or after, it was cheek-to-table (possibly orange carrot paste poop. Minutes later, after a couple of wipes and a pat to the toddler’s bum, a group of unfortunate hungry, hairy, b-ball jersey sportin’ teens sat down and feasted. …

“In honor of food safety, as an observer turned participant, where does my responsibility stand? Should we have chastised the changer? Notified the staff? Where would the fault lay if someone were to fall ill?”

Comments? I would have at least told staff, so they could intervene.

Mary has an entertaining, R-rated version of the event on her blog.
 

Gonzalo Erdozain: Don’t eat poop, take my dog’s bark for it

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One of my favorite songs of all time, Friday I’m in Love, by The Cure, pretty much states that Friday is the best most awesome day of the week. This is true, except for this past Friday, when my wife and I were woken up at 3 a.m. by a foul stench coming from our kitchen.

Our lovely puppy – 56-pound yellow lab – decided to go for an all-poop-that-you-can-eat buffet in our backyard, when she was just supposed to be frolicking and enjoying the cold weather after having dinner. So, if your dessert consists of poop, you will most likely barf it all out, unless you are a rabbit, in which case you are fine. That’s what our dog did. She barfed all that poop all over our kitchen floor.

The question is, besides whether you still love your dog or not, how to clean all that poop?

– If you own a pair of disposable or rubber gloves, now is a good time to put them on.

– Tie the dog outside somewhere, so that she won’t keep stepping on poop and spreading it.

– Remove the dog’s bed, which is covered in poop and place it in the washer, with detergent and if available, bleach.

– Collect excess poop with paper towels and put them in a leak-proof trash bag.

– Once all the excess is gone, spray everything with the disinfectant of your choosing.

– Wipe with paper towels and repeat.

I went a step further and cleaned the whole floor with a swiffer and bleach, and then I even polished it, just to try to get rid of the smell from my hardwood floor. By the time I was done cleaning this mess it was around 4 a.m.

Don’t eat poop. And wash your hands. Often.. Often, like this banner at 810 Zone in Kansas City states, means after every use of the bathroom, every time you touch raw foods, and every time you touch your pet or its food or its barf.

Jell-O and mouse poop in a school cafeteria

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There’s really nothing like high school cafeteria Jell-O – especially if that Jell-O mix has mouse poop in it or near it.

That’s exactly what was found as the kitchens at James Buchanan High School and Middle School in Pennsylvania failed the most recent health department inspections, with the state citing mouse droppings near food and other violations.

Both schools were cited for not having an adequate space for employees to wash their hands. Mouse droppings were found in both locations.

Justin Flemming, spokesman for the Department of Agriculture, said the droppings were a small amount in a contained area. In the report at the middle school it states open bags of Jell-O mix were "adulterated" by the droppings.

Tuscarora Business Manager Eric Holtzman said, however, that the mixes were in sealed bags that were contained in a box. Holtzman said the droppings were in the box but were not found in the bags of mix.

"Mice in the country are a problem," said Gertrude Giorgini, who operated the kitchen for Tuscarora for 23 years before retiring eight years ago.

Giorgini also questioned the district’s decision hiring a food management company, rather than keep food services in house. She said that many management companies won’t keep as close of an eye on food safety and cleanliness at a facility as people who are employed by the school district.

"You never want to be written up by the Board of Health," Giorgini said.