Acute Metam Sodium Poisoning Caused by Occupational Exposure at a Flower Farm — Uganda, October 2016

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dc.contributor.authorNakubulwa, Susan
dc.contributor.authorKusiima, Joy
dc.contributor.authorKadobera, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorMutyoba, Joan N.
dc.contributor.authorArio, Alex R.
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Bao-Ping
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-16T09:17:14Z
dc.date.available2022-05-16T09:17:14Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractOn October 25, 2016, media reports alerted the Uganda Ministry of Health to an outbreak of >80 cases of vomiting, syncope, and acute diarrhea among workers at a flower farm in central Uganda; 27 workers were hospitalized. On November 1, an investigation was undertaken by the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program.* A case-control study found that working inside greenhouse 7, which had been fumigated with the organosulfur compound metam sodium the night of October 13, was strongly associated with illness. Employees who worked in this greenhouse during October 14–21 reported a strong “suffocating” smell in the greenhouse. Investigation revealed that, in violation of safety protocols, workers did not properly cover the soil after fumigation, allowing vapors to become trapped inside the greenhouseen_US
dc.identifier.citationNakubulwa, S., Kusiima, J., Kadobera, D., Mutyoba, J. N., Ario, A. R., & Zhu, B. P. (2018). Acute metam sodium poisoning caused by occupational exposure at a flower farm—Uganda, October 2016. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 67(14), 414.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5898219/
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3237
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Reporten_US
dc.subjectAcute Metam Sodiumen_US
dc.subjectPoisoningen_US
dc.subjectFlower Farmen_US
dc.titleAcute Metam Sodium Poisoning Caused by Occupational Exposure at a Flower Farm — Uganda, October 2016en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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