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#1 Posted : 10 January 2008 17:01:00(UTC)
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Posted By Dave Stevenson
Of interest, is anyone putting together any guidance for employees regarding the Norovirus outbreak, for example a policy regarding how long before employees must remain symptom free before returning to work etc..

If so please share what you are doing and what your source of advice is.

Much appreciated.

Dave
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#2 Posted : 10 January 2008 17:31:00(UTC)
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#3 Posted : 11 January 2008 07:21:00(UTC)
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Posted By Adrian Watson
Dave,

Noroviruses (genus Norovirus, family Caliciviridae) are a group of related, single-stranded RNA, nonenveloped viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans. Norovirus was recently approved as the official genus name for the group of viruses provisionally described as “Norwalk-like viruses” (NLV).

Try these for further information:

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/msds-ftss/msds112e.html

This is a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), for Norwalk Virus produced by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncido...evb/gastro/norovirus.htm

This is the US CDC page for noroviruses.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncido...d/revb/gastro/rr5009.pdf

These are guidelines for controlling outbreaks from the US CDC.

Regards Adrian Watson
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#4 Posted : 11 January 2008 09:14:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chas
Try looking at the Health Protection Agency website.

http://www.hpa.org.uk/in...cs_az/norovirus/menu.htm
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#5 Posted : 11 January 2008 10:45:00(UTC)
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Posted By Dave Stevenson
Many thanks all.
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#6 Posted : 11 January 2008 16:35:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ali
The symptoms last only a few days and the good news is that the virus disappears from the system quickly - it doesn't linger unlike bacteria as the replication and infection cycle is much shorter with viruses. However, that said it is extremely infectious at it's peak, so personal hygiene etc is essential as well as isolation during the few days it is infectious.
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