title: [Education for consumers: one of the tools for decreasing the incidence of hemolitic uremic syndrome].
abstract: In order to guarantee that harmless food is ingested by consumers, it is essential that strict hygienic procedures are followed both during the elaboration of food and during the procedures that range from the purchasing, the cooking and the consumption of food. This is an invaluable and unquestionable tool that should be used in order to decrease the incidence of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in our country. The State, the enterprise owners, and the consumers should take responsibility for this: the State should guarantee the citizens' access to safe food products through an adequate legislation and a mechanism for it to be controlled and obeyed; the enterprise owners should obey the current regulations and provide their employees with education about the importance of these regulations; and the consumers should take responsibility for how they handle food.
authors.affiliation: Area de Alimentación, Hospital Nacional Juan P. Garrahan, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires. alimenta@garrahan.gov.ar
authors.forename: Clarisa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vezzani
authors.forename: Marcelo da
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000592:standards; D003296:Cooking / Q000379:methods; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D015994:Incidence; D007881:Legislation, Food