A server ate at a wedding where a confirmed Norovirus outbreak occurred. Within how many hours of that exposure must she report it to the person in charge?
a.24 hours of the last exposure
b.48 hours of the last exposure
c.72 hours of the last exposure
d.14 days of the last exposure
Explanation
Norovirus exposure is reportable within the past 48 hours of the last exposure. The other windows belong to different pathogens: Shigella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli use 3 days, typhoid fever uses 14 days, and hepatitis A uses 30 days.
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