Biological Hazards – Food Safety
100 college students hospitalized in AP
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| 21.12.2012 | Biological Hazard | India | State of Andhra Pradesh, [East Godavari district] |  |
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Biological Hazard in India on Friday, 21 December, 2012 at 03:57 (03:57 AM) UTC.
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| Around 100 hostel students of a private college in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh were hospitalised for suspected food poisoning, police said on Thursday. “The incident occurred at Sri Chaitanya junior college at Godavari Gunta in the district on Wednesday night,” they said. Police said altogether 300 students, who complained of uneasiness and vomiting after consuming the food at the college canteen, were rushed to three private hospitals on Wednesday night. “The hostel authorities served them the food cooked in the morning during the dinner,” police said. While 200 out of 300 students were discharged after receiving medical aid, around 100 girl students are undergoing treatment in three hospitals, police said, adding their condition is stable. College authorities refused to speak to media. | |
| Biohazard name: | Mass. Food poisoning |
| Biohazard level: | 1/4 Low |
| Biohazard desc.: | Bacteria and viruses including Bacillus subtilis, canine hepatitis, Escherichia coli, varicella (chicken pox), as well as some cell cultures and non-infectious bacteria. At this level precautions against the biohazardous materials in question are minimal, most likely involving gloves and some sort of facial protection. Usually, contaminated materials are left in open (but separately indicated) waste receptacles. Decontamination procedures for this level are similar in most respects to modern precautions against everyday viruses (i.e.: washing one’s hands with anti-bacterial soap, washing all exposed surfaces of the lab with disinfectants, etc). In a lab environment, all materials used for cell and/or bacteria cultures are decontaminated via autoclave. |
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| Status: | confirmed |
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