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  • Worker At Texas Hospital Exposed 700 Infants To TB

    Source: http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/W...275768171.html


    Worker At Texas Hospital Exposed 700 Infants To TB
    An employee of a Texas hospital exposed more than 700infants to tuberculosis, health officials said Friday.

    EL PASO (September 19, 2014) More than 700 infants at an El Paso hospital were exposed to tuberculosis by an employee infected with the disease, public health officials said Friday.

    Initial reports did not indicate that all 700 were infants.

    The city's Department of Public Health initially released a statement Friday that said more than 700 patients and about 40 employees at Providence Memorial Hospital were exposed from September 2013 to August by the employee, who worked in the hospital?s nursery...

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    Re: Worker At Texas Hospital Exposed 700 Infants To TB

    Source: http://krwgnews22.com/?p=7427


    NM Health Dept. will hold tuberculosis tests for babies exposed
    Posted on September 19, 2014 by Alexandria Espinoza

    Las Cruces, NM (NMDH) ? The New Mexico Department of Health announced today it is providing tuberculosis screening to approximately 50 New Mexico babies who may have been exposed to a hospital employee with an active case of Tuberculosis (TB) in the post-partum and newborn nursery area of Providence Hospital in El Paso, Texas between September 2013 and August 2014...

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