Guidance

Gastrointestinal infections: guidance for public health management

Guidance to help professionals in public health and environmental health departments to minimise the risk of transmission of gastrointestinal infections.

From:
Public Health England
Published
31 January 2020

Documents

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1020

PDF, 1.2 MB, 85 pages

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Details

This guidance provides advice on:

  • preventing the spread of gastrointestinal infections
  • how specific diseases are spread
  • risk groups for spread of infections
  • how long to keep people away from school, work or other settings
  • how to take stool samples
  • links to notifiable diseases and health protection regulations

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Published 31 January 2020

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