Byline: Patricia Recio
The Ministry of Health sent a warning to all hospitals in
the country after learning about the cholera outbreak in Mexico, where 46 cases
are being reported, published the daily El
Universal.
The person in charge on Health Surveillance, María Ethel
Trejos, confirmed that between this past Thursday and Friday a bulletin had
been sent to all health centers alerting them to maintain a careful watch on
cases of diarrhea.
“It is a national alert” she indicated.
Trejos added that they are being reminded of the health
guidelines, especially those hospitals near border zones, and where there are
points of entry like ports and airports.
Also, Inciencia’s National Reference Center of Bacteriology sent
a communiqué on Wednesday reminding all medical centers of the protocol on the
handling of samples from patients with secretory diarrhea.
Trejos explained that for suspicious samples the country
used a specific methodology know as “smart”, “that when a ‘smart’ sample tests
positive it is sent to Inciencia for confirmation” she indicated.
There are no suspicious cases currently reported in the
country.
Besides Mexico, there have been outbreaks of cholera in Cuba,
Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.
The last time that Costa Rica had confirmed cases of cholera
was in 1997.
Cholera is an acute bacterial infection, that affects the
intestine and produced diarrhea and vomiting. The main form of prevention taking
care in hand washing and avoiding the consumption of foods with dubious
provenance or preparation, especially outside our borders.
"The main", I think.
ReplyDeleteAll in all I think it's a good translation. Just about the only result that Google Translate had that I preferred was the use of 'origin' instead of 'provenance'. ('consumption of food of a dubious origin' sounds better than 'consumptions of foods with dibious provenance'). That said, here's one major sentence that is almost unintelligible (and at least very painful to read) by their translation.
ReplyDeleteTrejos explained that the country suspicious sample manages a specific method called "smart", "when a test 'smart' is positive is sent to incenses for confirmation," he said.