Recruitment venues
STEC, hyperhydration
RECRUITMENT, EMERGENCY
Recruitment into the randomly allocated intervention (i.e., hyperhydration vs. conservative fluid management) will occur in the following venues:Emergency departmentsInpatient units: general pediatrics, nephrology, gastroenterology, infectious diseasesMedical microbiology laboratories: partnering laboratories will develop a process to provide the research team with the contact information for the ordering physician so that the allocated pathway can be shared to guide care and to request permission to contact the patient/caregivers of children with positive STEC specimens to obtain research consent. This approach will enable participating sites to recruit participants from their broader geographic catchment area.