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The Poison Control Centre of Ain Shams University (PCC-ASU) was established in 1981. It is one of the earliest poisoning treatment facilities to be established in the Middle East. It has its own inpatient department, ICU and Analytical Toxicology unit. [21] It serves between 20 and 25 thousand cases a year.
Put the number for your poison control center (1-800-222-1222) in your cell phone and near home phones. Keep medicines and household products in their original containers in a different place than food. Always read product labels and follow any directions. Keep household products and medicines locked up.
You can contract a foodborne illness by eating food contaminated by bacteria, viruses, or parasites, as well as food containing toxins, like poisonous mushrooms.
"General food poisoning symptoms usually occur around the time of ingestion — usually between six and 12 hours," Felberg said. "People start getting symptoms of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea."
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied 2007 data and reviewed a total of 1,097 food borne disease outbreaks that led to 21,244 illnesses and 18 deaths. Salmonella and ...
Cases of food poisoning began to be reported in the New York State area on October 18, 2012. The CDC eventually concluded this was an example of O157:H7, its code for a strain of E. coli that is noteworthy for seeming to have genes from a different species, shigella , producing an unusual toxin, though not one especially lethal to human beings.
Keep your food safe and prevent illness before, during and after extreme weather events
Salmonellosis is a symptomatic infection caused by bacteria of the Salmonella type. [1] It is the most common disease to be known as food poisoning (though the name refers to food-borne illness in general), these are defined as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food.