It has been designed much like a newspaper, with short articles and a variety of internet links. Each month NurseStat brings you news affecting nursing from around the globe. Some are funny, some are sad, and some will surely impact they way you think and perform as a nurse. We as health care providers have more avenues than ever before for reaching the public concerning safety issues and food. Each year thousands die of food borne illnesses across the world.
Millions suffer needlessly from illnesses caused by food borne pathogens.
Many of these deaths and illnesses are preventable, if proper safety precautions are utilized. Here we have the opportunity to take these issues to the public and help educate in an effort to reduce illness and death and promote health and wellbeing. This column is designed to bring the latest in food safety issues to the forefront of our education so that we may pass it along to our patients. The information contained here comes from a variety of sources, including The U.S. Department of Agriculture, newsgroups, manufacturers and international food safety initiatives. Please help by taking the information with you to the public.