E. coli O157 Testing For School Kids in Monroe, WI
Diarrhea illness from E. coli 0157:H7 infection is easy to spread among young people in schools or daycare facilities. Because it can be a life-threatening illness, it is important to comply with any testing efforts and keep children home for long periods of time if test results are positive.
In Green County, Wisconsin, about 140 young school children at Abe Lincoln Elementary are currently in the midst of a stool testing protocol to help investigators solve an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. Three students have been sickened and at least two of them were hospitalized. The outbreak has investigators wondering if the most recent cases stem from the same strain of bacteria that caused a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses and one death in late August and early September.
The previous outbreak in the area around Monroe was not linked to a source and epidemiologists wonder if food contamination is to blame. If you have been diagnosed with an E. coli 0157:H7 infection in the region around Monroe, a good E. coli lawyer can help you obtain fair compensation from the responsible party. Negligence often is at the root of foodborne E. coli outbreaks and food safety laws provide for fair claims, some greater than $1 million depending on the circumstances and extent of illness.
The Abe Lincoln school outbreak is being investigated by Pritzker Olsen Attorneys and the firm is providing free case consultations to affected families. Send your contact information or call our firm’s offices at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free).
Children age 5 and younger are the most vulnerable of any age group to developing life-threatening complications from E. coli O157:H7. More than 5 percent of infected children in this age group experience kidney failure as part of hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS. Attorney Fred Pritzker has represented numerous children besieged by E. coli HUS poisoning and he understands that harms extend far beyond the initial period of hospitalization. Fair compensation requires negotiation that recognizes the long-term effects of the illness over a person’s life time.
Contact Fred for a free case consultation at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or leave your contact information online and he will call you.
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