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  • UK: Brighton hospital staff tested for tuberculosis

    Source: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16687...-from-patient/

    7 hrs ago
    Brighton hospital staff tested for tuberculosis amid fears disease could have spread from patient
    By Ben Dadswell Reporter

    A HOSPITAL has come under fire for its handling of a tuberculosis case which some feel has endangered public health.

    Some Royal Sussex County Hospital staff were informed in a recent round of letters that they needed a screening more than 18 months after initial exposure to a TB patient

    One pharmacist who received the letter from the Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, who asked not to be named, said he has since worked in other medical facilities, was concerned by the length of time elapsed...
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