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Flushing Can Spread Diarrhea Disease (1110l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet

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Flushing Can Spread Diarrhea Disease (1110L)

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.

Student ____________________________Class Period__________________

Notes on my thoughts,

Flushing Can Spread Diarrhea Disease

reactions and questions as I

read:

Flushing the toilet with the lid up can spray diarrhea-causing bacteria into the

air, according to a new study of hospital toilets.

Researchers from Leeds Teaching Hospitals in the U.K. detected C. difficile — a

germ that can cause diarrhea and even life-threatening inflammation of the colon

— nearly 10 inches above the toilet seat after flushing lidless hospital toilets.

C. difficile is frequently found in hospitals and long-term care facilities were

antibiotics are common.

“The highest numbers of C. difficile were recovered from air sampled

immediately following flushing, and then declined 8-fold after 60 [minutes] and

a further 3-fold after 90 [minutes],” the researchers reported in the January issue

of the Journal of Hospital Infection.

C. difficile was spotted on surrounding surfaces 90 minutes after flushing, with

an average of 15 to 47 contaminated toilet water droplets landing in the nearby

environment, according to the study.

“Lidless conventional toilets increase the risk of C. difficile environmental

contamination, and we suggest that their use is discouraged, particularly in

settings where [C. difficile infection] is common,” the authors wrote.

Moisse, K. Flushing can spread diarrhea disease. Available at: . January 2, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.

Flushing Can Spread Diarrhea Disease (1110l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet