This is the third reported incident of Hepatitis A in a food service worker in the last two week – Arizona, Illinois and now Rhode Island.

Providence Journal

The Health Department is giving shots to 320 employees of the Cheesecake Factory in Providence and the Texas Roadhouse in Cranston after a busboy who worked at both restaurants was found to be infected with hepatitis A.

The busboy apparently picked up the virus, which affects the liver, on a trip to South America. Health officials are convinced that he did not have an opportunity to pass the infection to patrons. He cleared tables and did not handle food.

But his co-workers could have caught the bug from him, so the Health Department is offering injections of immune globulin to all the workers at both restaurants. The injections infuse antibodies against hepatitis A into the body and prevent illness.Continue Reading Workers to get Hepatitis A shots