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Army Public Health tracking possible mumps exposure at Fort Campbell
By Maria Yager Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
April 24, 2018 4:54 pm
FORT CAMPBELL, KY ? (CLARKSVILLENOW) U.S. Army Public Health officials from Fort Campbell are investigating possible mumps cases among a Fort Campbell family and are working to notify personnel who may have been exposed, officials said April 24.
?Blanchfield Army Community Hospital sent lab results to the Tennessee Department of Health to determine if the case is mumps positive and have started notifying people who may have been exposed as a precautionary measure to limit possible exposure,? said Maj. Simone Edwards, Chief of Public Health Nursing at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital. One of the family members attended an elementary school on post and medical officials are working with the school to notify parents of students who may have been exposed. Each family will receive a letter and a fact sheet with symptoms to look for and measures to take if the virus is suspected...
Army Public Health tracking possible mumps exposure at Fort Campbell
By Maria Yager Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
April 24, 2018 4:54 pm
FORT CAMPBELL, KY ? (CLARKSVILLENOW) U.S. Army Public Health officials from Fort Campbell are investigating possible mumps cases among a Fort Campbell family and are working to notify personnel who may have been exposed, officials said April 24.
?Blanchfield Army Community Hospital sent lab results to the Tennessee Department of Health to determine if the case is mumps positive and have started notifying people who may have been exposed as a precautionary measure to limit possible exposure,? said Maj. Simone Edwards, Chief of Public Health Nursing at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital. One of the family members attended an elementary school on post and medical officials are working with the school to notify parents of students who may have been exposed. Each family will receive a letter and a fact sheet with symptoms to look for and measures to take if the virus is suspected...