Hepatitis A exposure prompts warning for customers of Pennsylvania Cracker Barrel
The Erie County Health Department in Erie, PA, has identified a case of hepatitis A in a restaurant employee.
The employee works at Cracker Barrel, which is found at 7810 Interstate Dr. in Summit Township. Customers who ate or drank at the restaurant or ordered or delivered purchase-out from Jan. 30 thru Feb. 21 are requested to seem for for signs of hepatitis A.
Indicators can purchase two to seven weeks after exposure sooner than they birth to seem. They encompass fatigue (tiredness), loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal wretchedness, diarrhea, gloomy urine, joint wretchedness or jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes). The signs can last from a few weeks to quite lots of months. In the event that they look, smartly being officers hotfoot you to stare clinical attention.
The smartly being division advises dine-in and purchase-out customers from Feb. 10 to 21 to fetch the vaccine for hepatitis A as quickly as that that you simply would possibly per chance well per chance per chance accept as true with because they would well per chance even have potentially been uncovered.
The restaurant is following cleansing and employee smartly being guidelines offered by company and the smartly being division, in step with officers.
The contagious liver disease spreads thru person-to-person contact or by eating atrocious meals or drinks. Anyone with questions can name the Erie County Health Department at 814-451-6707 or, if birth air the county, Pennsylvania Department of Health at
877-724-3258. Restaurant workers is requested to contact management for guidance.
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