Crisis Management: How to Handle a Salmonella Outbreak at Camp.

Becker, William A.; Popkin, Rodger

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ERIC Number: EJ464560

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Crisis Management: How to Handle a Salmonella Outbreak at Camp.

Becker, William A.; Popkin, Rodger

Camping Magazine, v64 n5 p29-32 May-Jun 1992

Details events of six days during Salmonella outbreak at camp in North Carolina. Explains how camp handled 280 sick campers and staff, well campers, news media, and parents. Based on an epidemiologic survey of food eaten, it was suspected that the culprit of the outbreak was a meat item. Offers suggestions for crisis management in the camp setting. (KS)

Descriptors: Camping, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management, Disease Control, Diseases, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Conditions, Resident Camp Programs

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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