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University Hospitals of Leicester Trust
Thirteen hospital staff test positive for tuberculosis
7 November, 2012 | By Shaun Lintern
Thirteen staff working at a dialysis unit at the centre of a tuberculosis outbreak have tested positive for the infection, HSJ has learned.
One worker at the Harborough Lodge unit in Northampton was hospitalised after developing active TB, but 12 others were found to have only the latent form of the disease.
HSJ revealed last month that two patients had died after being treated at the unit, which is run by the University Hospitals of Leicester, following a decision to increase the number of patients it was treating...
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust
Thirteen hospital staff test positive for tuberculosis
7 November, 2012 | By Shaun Lintern
Thirteen staff working at a dialysis unit at the centre of a tuberculosis outbreak have tested positive for the infection, HSJ has learned.
One worker at the Harborough Lodge unit in Northampton was hospitalised after developing active TB, but 12 others were found to have only the latent form of the disease.
HSJ revealed last month that two patients had died after being treated at the unit, which is run by the University Hospitals of Leicester, following a decision to increase the number of patients it was treating...