Symptom Onset 6 Hours in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — Case | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | SMLE Q#12140
SMLE Question #12140
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Objective: OBJ-367
Last updated: February 2026
Fifteen of 50 emergency department staff at a tertiary hospital develop acute nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and watery diarrhoea within 24 hours. All symptomatic staff ate lunch off-site together, with symptom onset 6 hours after the meal. No similar illness is reported among patients or in the surrounding community. A suspected point-source foodborne outbreak is reported to infection control. What is the most appropriate next step in the outbreak investigation?
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