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Cochise County health staff outline foodborne-illness surveillance, inspection duties
Summary
At a Cochise County Board of Health meeting, epidemiology and environmental health staff described how the county tracks and responds to suspected foodborne illness, the department's inspection workload and staffing, and coordination with state and federal partners.
At a Cochise County Board of Health meeting, epidemiology and environmental health staff described how the county detects and responds to suspected foodborne illness, inspects food and lodging establishments and supports community food-safety outreach.
The presentation explained why surveillance, laboratory testing and coordinated inspections matter for public health in Cochise County, which relies on state labs and cross-jurisdictional coordination for many investigations.
"Epidemiology itself analyzes the patterns or exposures, and we come up with hypotheses on what the cause of the agent for disease might be," said Axel Lopez, Cochise County epidemiologist, describing how the county combines case interviews with sample collection and lab sequencing to identify likely sources. Lopez walked the board…
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