Preventing Shigellosis
You can prevent shigellosis by:
- washing hands carefully
- keeping ill children home from daycare and preschool
- using caution when swimming
Minimizing Your Risk
- Wash hands after using the bathroom and changing diapers, and before
handling or eating any food.
- Wash hands before preparing food for yourself or others.
- Make sure that persons with diarrhea, especially children, wash their
hands carefully and frequently with soap to reduce the risk of spreading
the infection.
- Hand
Hygiene
Wash Your Hands!
Keep ill children home from daycare and preschool
- Children should not attend daycare or preschool with diahrrea.
- Children and adults may be subject to certain restrictions from daycare/preschool or food service when they are ill with a diarrheal illness.
Restrictions on Child Care Attendance for Children or Staff in a Daycare or Preschool
- 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.
