![]() ![]() coli.īy May 26, JCHD had received two additional reports of illness in children who attended Kid’s Korner. During this inspection, JCHD investigators noted deficiencies conducive to the spread of disease and instructed Kid’s Korner employees on methods of hygiene and sanitation effective to prevent the further spread of E. coli at the daycare and the signs and symptoms of illness to parents. JCHD inspectors returned to Kid’s Korner on May 25, and instructed the daycare to distribute a letter explaining the incidence of E. coli infection on May 14 and was being transferred from a Joplin hospital to Children’s Mercy in Kansas City with HUS. On May 24, JCHD was notified that a 4-year-old girl who attended daycare at Kid’s Korner had become ill with symptoms of E. They did not note any major hand washing or diapering violations, and discussed the importance of excluding children with diarrheal illness from the daycare with daycare operators and employees. JCHD investigators visited the daycare facility on May 11. coli outbreak, and learned that the hospitalized girl and one of her siblings attended daycare at Kid’s Korner daycare in Joplin, Missouri. coli infection, and one later tested positive for E. Five of the girl’s family members soon developed symptoms of E. The children, one boy and one girl, were residents of Carthage Missouri. Johns Regional Medical Center that two 2-year-old children had been hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. ![]() On May 10, 2004, the Jasper County Health Department (JCHD) received a report from St. ![]()
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