Hospital to notify hundreds about TB exposure in maternity unit
Hospital Safety Connection, September 3, 2008
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A healthcare worker with active tuberculosis (TB) may have exposed more than 1,000 newborns and staff members to the disease at a maternity unit.
The risk of TB infection is low for those who were potentially exposed, Kaiser said in a press release.
"We have confirmed the San Francisco Medical Center followed all of the appropriate preventive screening procedures when hiring this employee, who stopped working on August 10 and is no longer with the organization," Kaiser said. "We are continuing to investigate this matter. We do not tolerate any employee who puts the health of patients or coworkers at risk."
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