E. coli Spreads at Chicago Area Daycare Center
The Cook County Health Department has mandated that all children and adults at the KinderCare Learning Center in the Village of Lemont, Illinois, be tested for E. coli.
Twenty-one children and one adult have become infected with the pathogen in an outbreak that began earlier this month, the Southtown Star newspaper reported.
The Chicagoland daycare center has been allowed to remain open, but those who have tested positive or who have developed diarrhea have been sent home until tests for the bacteria turn up negative twice within 24 hours.
Three of the children who were sickened in the outbreak were hospitalized, but they have since been released, according to the Southtown Star. The newspaper said the outbreak was associated with a "lack of handwashing.''.gif)
KinderCare reportedly has stepped up sanitation in the facility and has hired a certified nurse.
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