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Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 7:33 AM
To: Defibaugh-Chavez, Stephanie - FSIS; Robertson, Kis - FSIS; Green, Alice - FSIS
Cc: Kissler, Bonnie - FSIS; Douris, Aphrodite - FSIS
Subject: Re: Heidelberg Pct Hospitalized by PFGE
Yes, it has been difficult..
However, I think product MPNs in the IIT will provide some insight into final product distributions..possibly!
From: Defibaugh-Chavez, Stephanie - FSIS
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 08:25 AM
To: Dessai, Uday - FSIS; Robertson, Kis - FSIS; Green, Alice - FSIS
Cc: Kissler, Bonnie - FSIS; Douris, Aphrodite - FSIS
Subject: Re: Heidelberg Pct Hospitalized by PFGE
We have MPNs on the products we collected. Requesting MPNs on patient leftovers has never worked out because the
products are rarely stored in a manner that would make MPNs informative.
Stephanie
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Stephanie Defibaugh-Chavez, Ph.D.
USDA-FSIS, Office of Public Health Science
Science Division
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From: Dessai, Uday - FSIS
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 08:16 AM
To: Robertson, Kis - FSIS; Defibaugh-Chavez, Stephanie - FSIS; Green, Alice - FSIS
Cc: Kissler, Bonnie - FSIS; Douris, Aphrodite - FSIS
Subject: Re: Heidelberg Pct Hospitalized by PFGE
Ah, ha.. That is an important consideration!
The illness rates at times may be impacted by the type of commodity, processing and handling etc..
SDC and team - if/when implicated product is available, can we run some MPNs please..
Thx
From: Robertson, Kis - FSIS
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 08:12 AM
To: Dessai, Uday - FSIS; Defibaugh-Chavez, Stephanie - FSIS; Green, Alice - FSIS
Cc: Kissler, Bonnie - FSIS; Douris, Aphrodite - FSIS
Subject: RE: Heidelberg Pct Hospitalized by PFGE
I like this discussion.
An important consideration is that a big chunk of the 258 patients were victimized by the rotisserie chicken. If the
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