Intervention Area
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Health Protection and Development
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Nature of Training Opportunity
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Placement with a busy Communicable Disease section
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Training Outcome
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Primary outcome: Investigation of cases of food poisoning and other communicable diseases of environmental or community significance (e.g. Legionella). There may also be opportunities to gain involvement or knowledge of wider health improvement activities with which the section is involved
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Name of Training provider
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Cardiff Council
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Contact
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Sarah Jones Telephone: 029 20 871845
Email: sajones@cardiff.gov.uk
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Learning Period required
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2 days - 4 separate placements available per year
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Precluded dates
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December, Easter Holiday period (i.e. two weeks surrounding Easter)
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Specific requirements
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White coat and hat if visits to food premises potentially linked to cases is necessary
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Group Visit? *
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No
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Additional comments
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Nature of investigations obviously dependent on type and nature of cases notified during placement
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Linked visits
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None in this Intervention Area. See also Intervention Area -Environmental Protection
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* If a group visit is indicated, booking will not be by individual students through the contact officer, but will be by the student with UWIC, on dates agreed with the local authority concerned.
