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Published on: June 3, 2018
Seafood poisoning
Jeff Strickler1, Ashley Kellish
1Jeff Strickler is the chief operating officer at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough in Hillsborough, N.C., the assistant CNO for Behavioral Health at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., and the president of UNC Health Chatham in Siler City, N.C. He is also a member of the Nursing2024 Editorial Board. Ashley Kellish is the director of the Center for Nursing Excellence at UNC Hospitals and an associate professor at UNC School of Nursing in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Abstract:
Seafood poisoning is common worldwide but is relatively unknown by clinicians and the general public and can be confused with other causes. This article discusses two common seafood poisoning cases-ciguatera and scombroid poisoning-and offers recommended nursing considerations.

