A cook at a neighborhood diner is diagnosed with Norovirus but has no symptoms at all. What must the person in charge do?
a.Nothing, because an employee with no symptoms is not a risk
b.Exclude the cook from the operation until a doctor clears him
c.Restrict the cook from working with exposed food and utensils
d.Move the cook to the dish machine and let him plate desserts
Explanation
An asymptomatic Norovirus diagnosis calls for restriction in an operation that does not serve a highly susceptible population, which means the employee may not work with exposed food, clean equipment, or unwrapped single-service articles. The same diagnosis in a hospital or nursing home kitchen would require full exclusion instead.
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