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Tuberculosis Patient?s Visit to Corona Clinic Prompts Health Alert
Posted by Contributing Editor on May 25, 2018 i
Staff and patients at a health clinic in Corona received word Friday that they may have been exposed to an individual diagnosed with tuberculosis and should take precautions to ensure they weren?t infected.
According to the Riverside University Health System, the TB patient was in the Corona Family Care Center on Buena Vista Avenue earlier this month for an evaluation. The individual, whose identity was not released, underwent tests that confirmed the presence of active tuberculosis, county officials said.
Roughly 200 patients who visited the clinic on the day ? or in the days immediately after ? the infected party was there received notices stating they could have been exposed, with a recommendation that they be screened for TB, according to RUHS. Officials said the patient is now recuperating at home...
Tuberculosis Patient?s Visit to Corona Clinic Prompts Health Alert
Posted by Contributing Editor on May 25, 2018 i
Staff and patients at a health clinic in Corona received word Friday that they may have been exposed to an individual diagnosed with tuberculosis and should take precautions to ensure they weren?t infected.
According to the Riverside University Health System, the TB patient was in the Corona Family Care Center on Buena Vista Avenue earlier this month for an evaluation. The individual, whose identity was not released, underwent tests that confirmed the presence of active tuberculosis, county officials said.
Roughly 200 patients who visited the clinic on the day ? or in the days immediately after ? the infected party was there received notices stating they could have been exposed, with a recommendation that they be screened for TB, according to RUHS. Officials said the patient is now recuperating at home...