Implementing EHS Net in Lowa

描述（由申请人提供）：爱荷华州公共卫生部的使命是促进和保护爱荷华州人的健康。 提供安全的食品服务机构是爱荷华州三个实体的合作，因此促进和保护爱荷华州人的健康有时可能是困难的。 在爱荷华州实施EHS-Net将增加对爱荷华州食源性疾病的关注、资源和信息，并将爱荷华州与全国收集的信息联系起来，以在全国范围内促进和保护所有人的健康。 爱荷华州公共卫生部将与爱荷华州检查和上诉部、爱荷华州大学卫生实验室和塞罗戈多县公共卫生部合作，通过在塞罗戈多县公共卫生部管辖范围内进行环境采样，调查餐馆中沙门氏菌、粪便和总大肠菌群的发生率。 此外，主要利益相关者将努力解决如何更好地在机构之间进行合作，为爱荷华州和全国观众提供培训，并解决食源性疾病的其他潜在原因，如诺如病毒。 爱荷华州公共卫生部将与州和国家合作伙伴一起收集重要信息，通过确保食品储存、准备和服务程序防止食源性疾病，为所有公民提供安全食品。

Description (provided by Applicant): The Iowa Department of Public Health's mission is to promote and protect the health of Iowans. The provision of safe food service establishments is a collaboration of three entities in Iowa thus promoting and protecting the health of Iowans at times can be difficult. The implementation of EHS-Net in Iowa would provide increased attention, resources, and information about foodborne illness in Iowa and would link Iowa to information gathered nationally in an attempt to promote and protect the health of all persons on a national level. The Iowa Department of Public Health will work in collaboration with the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, the University of Iowa Hygienic Lab, and the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health to investigate the incidence of salmonella and fecal and total coliform in restaurants through environmental sampling within the jurisdiction of the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health. Additionally key stakeholders will work to address how to better collaborate among agencies, provide training to both an Iowa and national audience, and address other potential causes of foodborne illness like norovirus. The Iowa Department of Public Health, in conjunction with state and national partners, will gather information important in the effort to provide safe food to all citizens by assuring that food storage, preparation and service procedures prevent foodborne illness.