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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums(Sept.) More Than 700 Babies Exposed to Tuberculosis at Texas Hospital
http://time.com/3419640/tuberculosis-texas-infants/The Texas Department of State Health Services said it's "one of the largest TB exposure investigations we've ever been involved in"
Nolan Feeney Sept. 22, 2014
More than 700 babies and 40 health workers have been exposed to tuberculosis in an El Paso, Texas, hospital, the citys Department of Public Health announced.
At some point between September 2013 and August 2014, a Providence Memorial Hospital employee with TB, as the disease is commonly known, entered the hospital and worked in close proximity with infants, CNN reported Monday.
It is unknown whether any of those exposed have subsequently tested positive for tuberculosis, which can be fatal. The hospital and the health department promised free care for anyone infected and said they have alerted each person at risk by phone call and letter.
This is one of the largest TB exposure investigations weve ever been involved in, and it involves infants, so it is particularly sensitive, Carrie Williams, the director of media relations for the Texas Department of State Health Services, told CNN. Babies are more likely than older children and adults to develop life-threatening forms of TB.
The department investigated last week and reported that the hospitals infection-management standards were lacking. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave the hospital an Oct. 11 deadline to identify changes in protocol to prevent similar exposures in the future otherwise it will cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding.
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(Sept.) More Than 700 Babies Exposed to Tuberculosis at Texas Hospital (Original Post)
G_j
Oct 2014
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Turbineguy
(37,345 posts)1. Republican health care
"People who die young save the system money!"
This is truly a public health crisis and has been for years. Sinks like a stone in the sea of Ebola panic.
this would seem relevant..
G_j
(40,367 posts)5. or else everyone has already heard of this story
I know I hadn't.