WEBVTT THE INFECTION, SO WE LOOK TO THE DATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST. -- TO THE STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST. A MAJOR SIGN YOU MAY HAVE ECOLI IS NOT SUBTLE AT ALL, IT IS CONTINUOUS AND BLOODY DIARRHEA, THAT SHOULD SEND YOU TO YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY, MORE SUBTLE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE, -- >> YOU COULD GET A FEVER AND OBVIOUSLY WILL FEEL PRETTY BAD. GIVING MIKE YOU DON’T HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY. MARCUS: AS FOR THE CAUSE OF ECOLI THERE ARE 3 WAYS SOMEONE CAN GET INFECTED, THROUGH PERSONAL CONTACT, CONTAMINATED WATER, SWIMMING IN A LAKE OR STREAM AND CONTAMINATED FOOD, = . WE WENT TO DMACC’S CULINARY INSTITUTE TO LEARN SOME FOOD SAFETY STEPS FROM PREPETRATION TO COOKING. CHEF ROBERT ANDERSON SAYS, THE SAME THINGS THAT ARE STRESSED IN HIS PROGRAM ARE THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD BE DOING AT HOME. HE SAYS TO WASH ALL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, INCLUDING VEGIS’ GIES THAT ARE PRE- PRE-BAGGED LIKE LETTUCE AND BABY CARROTS, = THE. >> YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE ITS COME FROM. THE WATER COULD BE CONTAMINATED OR THERE COULD BE SOMETHING IN THE FIELDS. AND, YOU HAVE TO WASH HER HANDS. MARCUS: CROSS-CONTAMINATION, CUTTING UP VEGETABLES WITH THE SAME KNIFE USED TO CUT LONG BEACH WITHOUT WASHING THE KNIFE, AND PREPARING THE VEGETABLES ON THE SAME UNWASHED CUTTING BOARD, IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS SAY TURNS UP THE HEAT ON T