Unexplained Illness on a Medical Unit

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This printable case-study worksheet presents a hospital outbreak scenario in which students must identify the infectious agent, determine its cellular nature, analyze mode of transmission, and consider prevention strategies. The scenario involves multiple patients with gastrointestinal illness traced to poor hand hygiene after exposure to untreated water. Useful for microbiology and epidemiology units, disease-transmission review, or clinical-reasoning practice in both secondary and post-secondary settings.