Preventing Campylobacteriosis
You can prevent campylobacteriosis by:
- washing hands carefully
- keeping your food preparation areas clean
- avoiding unpasteurized milk
- cooking your food at the appropriate temperatures
- being careful when dealing with animals
- using caution when swimming
Minimizing Your Risk
- Wash hands after handling uncooked poultry.
- Wash hands after using the bathroom and changing diapers, and before
handling or eating any food.
- Make sure that persons with diarrhea, especially children, wash their
hands carefully and frequently with soap to reduce the risk of spreading
the infection.
- Always wash hands after contact with farm animals, pets, animal feces,
and animal environments.
- Hand Hygiene
Wash Your Hands!
Keep your food preparation areas clean
- Keep raw meat and poultry separate from produce and other foods when
shopping for and storing groceries.
- Wash hands, cutting boards, countertops, cutlery, and utensils after
handling uncooked poultry.
- Cross-Contamination
Food and kitchen tools and surfaces may become contaminated from raw food products.
- Avoid unpasteurized (raw) milk and foods made from unpasteurized
milk
Cook your food at the appropriate temperatures
- Thoroughly cook poultry to destroy the bacteria. Poultry should be
cooked until it is no longer pink in the middle.
- Storage
and Cooking Temperatures
Learn more about storage and cooking temperatures
Be careful when dealing with animals
- Always wash hands after contact with farm animals, pets, animal feces,
and animal environments.
- Campylobacter
Infection and Animals
CDC; Protect yourself against getting Campylobacter from animals. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Avoid swallowing lake or pool water while swimming.
- Anyone with a diarrheal illness should avoid swimming in public pools
or lakes, sharing baths with others, and preparing food for others.
- Healthy Swimming
CDC; Contains information on recreational waterborne illnesses. Attention: Non-MDH link
Do you suspect that you have a foodborne illness? Visit reporting suspected foodborne illnesses.
Spotlight
Chicks and Ducklings: Salmonella
Those cute little chicks and ducklings can be a great attraction for children this time of year, but they can also be a source of illness.
Protect others if you are experiencing diarrhea!
Anyone with a diarrheal illness should avoid swimming in public pools or lakes, sharing baths with others, and preparing food for others.
Young children (children in diapers) that are experiencing diarrhea should not be allowed to go swimming or attend daycare.
If you have questions or comments about this page, use our IDEPC Comment Form or call 651-201-5414 (TTY: 651-201-5797) for the MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division.
