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Wauwatosa Froedtert Hospital Employee Tests Positive for TB
The hospital is offering free tuberculosis tests to anyone who might have come in contact with the employee.
About 40 patients and 100 workers will be offered free tuberculosis tests after a Froedtert Hospital employee in the Wauwatosa campus tested positive for TB, reported the Associated Press.
The employee was diagnosed on March 29 and hospital officials say she is receiving treatment at home and is expected to recover.
The hospital posted the following on their website:
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A case of tuberculosis (TB) recently diagnosed at Froedtert Hospital poses no risk to the general public, staff or to other patients currently receiving care at the hospital. The individual is receiving treatment at home and is expected to fully recover.
There is no need for patients to be concerned. Appointments and procedures at the hospital are continuing as scheduled.
TB is not easily spread. The risk of other people developing TB from contact with this person is extremely low. Continuous, close contact over an extended period of time is needed to transmit the illness. It cannot be spread by touching an infected person. TB is treatable and preventable.
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