Hepatitis found at restaurant
Friday, March 28, 2008
WEST CHESTER TWP. - A worker at a West Chester Twp. restaurant may have infected customers with Hepatitis A.
A food service worker was sick and therefore infectious between March 14-25 at P.F. Chang's, 9435 Civic Centre Blvd. in West Chester, according to the Butler County Health Department. Health officials there are advising anyone who dined, drank a beverage with ice, or ate ice cream or lemons during that time at the restaurant should contact their health care provider or local public health department.
Extras
Those folks need to be tested and possibly given a vaccination, according to Butler County health officials.
Hepatitis A is spread primarily by close contact or by consuming contaminated food, health officials said.
A manager at the restaurant today, March 29, said the business is open this evening. The worker is no longer working in the food service area, the manager said.
For more information, contact the Butler County Health Department at (513) 863-1770.



