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Contributing Factors and Environmental Antecedents
Target Objectives
- Use findings from the site visit to identify contributing factors
- Relate the contributing factors to the root causes by identifying environmental antecedents
Strategic Check
- Review interviews, food flow diagrams, records review, sampling results, etc.
- Based on your findings, identify contributing factors directly related to the outbreak and the transmission of disease
- Use the IAFP Keys (download in Toolkit) or similar resources to relate your findings to commonly associated pathogens and food handling practices
- Use the contributing factors to help determine the underlying environmental antecedents
- Compile the findings and organize them into a flow chart of events to present to your team
Tips
- Remain focused on factors directly related to the current outbreak. Leave the non-critical violations for a different time, such as a routine inspection
- The more specific the contributing factors and environmental antecedents, the easier it will be to implement targeted control measures
Toolkit
IAFP Keys (PDF)
(click on the document below to download it)
