Investigation of Gastrointestinal Symptoms Among a Group of Students at Bu Ali Sina University

Hamadan: Rapid response teams from the Hamadan Provincial Health Center have launched field and epidemiological investigations to determine the cause of digestive symptoms reported among several students at Bu-Ali Sina University.

Hamedan- Following the occurrence of gastrointestinal symptoms in a number of students of Bu Ali Sina University, the quick response teams of the Health Center of Hamedan Province started field and epidemiological investigations to find the root of this problem.

According to Ambassador Arjan of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences Public Relations, he announced: Following the report of an outbreak of "gastroenteritis" or gastro-intestinal inflammation among a group of students of Bu Ali Sina University, the rapid response health teams immediately arrived at the university and student dormitories and put diagnostic and preventive measures on the agenda.

Specialized measures carried out by the health teams include the establishment and presence of rapid response teams in the central self-service and student dormitories, conducting specialized interviews with symptomatic and healthy students and completing epidemiological survey forms, clinical sampling of students with gastrointestinal symptoms, designing and implementing a "case-control" study in order to trace the possible source of the outbreak, following up and obtaining medical reports from medical centers and hospitals throughout the city including Bo Ali, Galb Farshchian, Shahid Beheshti and It becomes Sinai.

Also, measures such as microbial sampling of the drinking water consumed in the dormitories, self-service and kitchen of the university, food sampling to perform specialized tests, detailed health inspection of the condition of the kitchen and self-service of the university and the permanent deployment of an environmental health monitoring expert in the kitchen and the university in order to monitor the implementation of health guidelines have been carried out.

Public Relations of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences announced that the results of the tests related to food and water samples will be determined and informed in the coming days, and the health status of the affected students is being continuously monitored by the medical and health staff.