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Hospital Employee Tests Positive For H1N1 Virus
POSTED: 12:42 pm EDT May 29, 2009
UPDATED: 1:05 pm EDT May 29, 2009
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. -- Today, Buncombe County Health officials announced one confirmed case of novel H1N1 virus in a Mission Hospital employee.
Tests conducted at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Lab and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed the case as novel H1N1 virus.
Health officials are working closely with this person and their contacts to reduce the spread of the infection to others.
This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 virus in Buncombe County. At this time, no other cases or clusters have been identified in Buncombe County.
In response to the confirmed case, hospital officials are following CDC Influenza Prevention Guidelines, which includes evaluation of staff who may have been exposed to flu symptoms.
Ten employees, 10 patients, one physician and one nurse practitioner were identified and all have been put on precautionary medication. None of these people have shown any symptoms of flu.
POSTED: 12:42 pm EDT May 29, 2009
UPDATED: 1:05 pm EDT May 29, 2009
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. -- Today, Buncombe County Health officials announced one confirmed case of novel H1N1 virus in a Mission Hospital employee.
Tests conducted at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Lab and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed the case as novel H1N1 virus.
Health officials are working closely with this person and their contacts to reduce the spread of the infection to others.
This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 virus in Buncombe County. At this time, no other cases or clusters have been identified in Buncombe County.
In response to the confirmed case, hospital officials are following CDC Influenza Prevention Guidelines, which includes evaluation of staff who may have been exposed to flu symptoms.
Ten employees, 10 patients, one physician and one nurse practitioner were identified and all have been put on precautionary medication. None of these people have shown any symptoms of flu.