Employees with Hepatitis A May Have Infected Customers

As a result of all movements that require sexual intercourse and close contact from body fluids, it can be easily transmitted from the infected person to another and is among the public. jaundice also known as hepatitis A virusIt is a disease that directly affects the liver and can have very dangerous consequences. The most effective way to prevent the disease, which has no definite treatment, is; As with most diseases, it is still a vaccine.

Located in Blackwood, New Jersey Starbucks In its branch, there was a ‘Hepatitis A’ incident that made people say that this much negligence is not possible. A Starbucks employee who was positive for hepatitis A, even though he knew he was positive for days continued to work. This means that the employee could potentially have exposed thousands of customers to the hepatitis A virus. It is not clear whether the employee feels obligated to go to work or whether the employee is negligent in asking for leave from work.

Branch closed for a while

After apparently testing positive for Hepatitis A, the employee continued to work from 4 to 6 November and 11 to 13 November as if nothing had happened. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends anyone who may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus and who has never been vaccinated against the virus, provided they are 12 months of age or older, within 2 weeks of exposure. as soon as possible within a week He invites you to get the hepatitis A vaccine. That’s why the Department of Health is building a facility at the Camden County Sustainable Facility at 508 Lakeland Road to vaccinate anyone who may have been exposed to the virus. Hepatitis A vaccine clinic founded.

Upon learning of the situation on November 17, the Camden County Health Department took action to promptly investigate the incident by the Hepatitis A team. As stated in the news published on November 18; Food Inspection Unit members visited the Starbucks branch located at 1490 Blackwood Clementon Road in the town of Gloucester. Although there is no evidence of food safety violations, the Ministry of Health is closing the branch until all employees are vaccinated against the Hepatitis A virus and stay closed for a while made his decision.