Italy - 1500 newborns exposed, 122 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

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GEMINI KIDS: THE REGION, TO PURSUE ACTIVITIES 'OF CONTROL

Eight positive cases emerged Tuesday

23/08/2011 - We met this afternoon, as expected, chaired by the President of Lazio Region, Renata Polverini, the Coordination Unit that is handling the monitoring activities on the pups at the Gemelli Hospital and were included in the monitoring program, who conducted a careful analysis of the organizational situation and ongoing operations. The data indicate the smooth running of scheduled visits and tests and the final activation of all facilities provided in the plan of supervision and control: it is expected to complete by next Friday, August 26, the outreach activities of all the families and their scheduling appointments for visits and tests. In particular, in the day today, there were eight positive tests, corresponding to 6 babies in the month of July and two in March, of which the families have been warned. The Coordination Unit, through its experts, remember that a positive test does not mean the disease occurred, but expresses the contact with the bacillus. Therefore, the 8 infants were already planned and further checks will be offered prophylaxis provided by the protocol defined by the Unit of Coordination. Prophylaxis, defined by international guidelines also avoids the risk of developing the disease after contact with the mycobacterium of the future. The Coordination Unit, finally decided to send out a press day at 20 special, which will be published in the official data concerning the activity carried out during the day.

http://www.regione.lazio.it/rl_main/?vw=newsdettaglio&id=1457

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Italy - 8 children test positive for Tuberculosis - Lazio region

Re: Italy - 8 children test positive for Tuberculosis - Lazio region

At least 10 newborns exposed to TB at Rome hospital

Babies infected by nurse on neonatal ward


ANSA) - Rome, August 24 - At least 10 babies have been infected by tuberculosis after being born at Rome's Gemelli hospital in recent months, the Lazio regional government has confirmed.

Health officials ordered the screening of newborns after a 38-year-old nurse who worked at Gemelli's neonatal ward between March and July tested positive for TB.

The nurse is being treated at another hospital.

It is not clear how or where she became infected, in spite of being vaccinated against TB. ''The children are not ill or contagious,'' said Costantino Romagnoli, the head of Gemelli's neonatal department. ''The tests indicate exposure to the TB bacteria.

The children might develop the disease only if they were not immediately given prophylactic treatment, but they will be''.

Regional officials said the families of the 1,271 babies born between March and July will be contacted by Friday for screening appointments.
Screenings have been stepped up from 25 to 150 per day, in order to reach all babies at risk by the end of August.

It is impossible to predict how many of them will turn up positive, Romagnoli added. A statement with screening results will be issued at 8pm daily, health officials said. Another five-month-old child who tested positive for TB has been admitted to Bambin Gesu hospital, but it is unclear whether her exposure is related to the same nurse.

Lazio regional authorities confirmed that people exposed to TB do not necessarily develop the disease, as long as prophylactic protocols are followed.

''This is not an epidemic,'' said Lazio Governor Renata Polverini.
Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio also said there was no need to panic. ''Millions are exposed every year, but only 4,000 are likely to develop full-blown TB,'' he said.
''It's a completely curable disease.
There is no cause for alarm''. A parliamentary health committee has requested a report from Polverini.

la gazzetta del mezzogiorno

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Italy - At least 10 newborns exposed to tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - At least 10 newborns exposed to tuberculosis at Rome hospital

:tiphat: Tetano;

TB in Rome, two other children infected
Siege of PoliclinicoLa afraid to mothers of families, the assurances of doctors: prophylaxis works. Only one child is already ill. There is anxiety, then in the other two structures, San Camillo and the Infant Jesus, who are visiting 150 babies a day. The parliament wants to see clearly and understand the causes of contagion. Meanwhile, in Latin, some agents have been in contact with affection by a stranger then revealed malattiadi Favale Mauro and Maria Elena Vincenzi

ROME - Nine born in July, two to one in March and April. The insidious tuberculosis bacilli that have circulated for months in the nest undisturbed Neonatology Gemelli hospital have so far infected 12 children. Last night, in the now daily bulletin issued by the Lazio Region, the news of two new cases: two males, one born in July and one in April. Wide spectrum of infection considered after the news of a nurse (who worked in that nest) found sick with TB. For now, to have developed the disease, there is only her hospitalized for three weeks at the Spallanzani. Of the 12 positive infants, however, no one is in terms of "illness in place."

There is a thirteenth case, however: that of a child born in March at the Gemelli, kept under control to the baby Jesus so she developed tuberculosis and from mid-July, is having to deal with specific treatments. The others, the "positive" will soon begin prophylaxis. "This - explains Giovanni Fadda, Director of the TB reference laboratory for the region - will prevent the organism to recur in the future. The fact that we have done so immediately to reassure the families." But words are not always enough for doctors to reassure the mothers. Yesterday, in front of the Gemini, so many were pushing their stroller waiting for checks: "More than anger, there is apprehension," says one of them.
"We knew from TV and


was not pleasant. But the beginning was a single case. Then, when those infected were up we were concerned. You do not expect that could happen in the first hospital in Italy. "

The number of positive, in fact, continues to rise and speak to some projections, 10% of infected controls at the end involving 1,271 children. Many Twins are born between March 1 and July 25, the last day of work of the nurse.
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Re: Italy - At least 10 newborns exposed to tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - At least 10 newborns exposed to tuberculosis at Rome hospital

four other children
sixteen infants infected

Four more children born to Gemini is tested positive on TB. This was announced by the Lazio Region, stressing that continued control over the activities of 1271 infants born in the hospital from March 1 to July 25, last day of service of the department of neonatology nurse who was found tuberculosis. In particular, in the day today, there were 4 positive tests, 3 girls and a boy. Three of the positive infants were born in March, a month in aprile.Salgono so at least 16 babies tested positive for tuberculosis. Whether from genetic testing, it appears that the strain that hit the little girl of 5 months, born March 22 at the Gemelli hospital and the baby Jesus from mid-July, should be the same, the cases would become 17.


http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/08/25/news/tbc-20877502/?ref=HREC1-9

 

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Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 16 infected with tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 16 infected with tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Archive Number 20110825.2587
Published Date 25-AUG-2011
Subject PRO/EDR> Tuberculosis, latent, nosocomial, infants - Italy: (Rome)

TUBERCULOSIS, LATENT, NOSOCOMIAL, INFANTS - ITALY: (ROME)

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[1]
Date: Thu 18 Aug 2011
Source: Corriere Della Sera [in Italian, machine trans., summ. &
edited]
<http://roma.corriere.it/roma/notizie/cronaca/11_agosto_18/tubercolosi-infermiera-gemelli-1901313451980.shtml>


About 1000 infants are at risk of tuberculosis. The red alarm was
tripped at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, after a nurse in the
neonatology unit of what is considered the best Roman hospital
discovered that she had fallen ill. She was removed from work as a
precaution and to receive the standard antituberculosis therapy. But
for the families of the children now begins a period of anxiety and
fear, even if the head of the department, Costantino Romagnoli,
ensures the risk is not considered to be high. … a clinic was
dedicated to all the families of children born [at the hospital]
between early March and mid-July [2011]. … about 1000 children will
be [invited to undergo testing]. To explain the details, Enrico Di
Rosa, Director of the Department of Hygiene and Public Health said,
"The infants' blood will be tested with Quantiferon, which is capable
of assessing the patient's immune response [to tuberculosis]."

[QuantiFERON-TB Gold is a blood test approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) that is used to detect _Mycobacterium
tuberculosis_ infection in place of the tuberculin skin test. This
test measures the release of interferon-gamma from sensitized
lymphocytes in whole blood incubated overnight with proteins specific
for _M tuberculosis_. Results can be available within 24 hours and are
not affected by prior BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccination. -
Mod.ML]

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Date: Wed 24 Aug 2011
Source: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno [edited]
<http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/notizia.php?IDNotizia=450654&IDCategoria=2694>


At least 10 babies have been infected by tuberculosis [TB] after being
born at Rome's Gemelli hospital in recent months, the Lazio regional
government has confirmed.

Health officials ordered the screening of newborns after a 38-year-old
nurse who worked at Gemelli's neonatal ward between March and July
[2011] tested positive for tuberculosis. The nurse is being treated at
another hospital. It is not clear how or where she became infected, in
spite of being vaccinated against TB.

''The children are not ill or contagious,'' said Costantino Romagnoli,
the head of Gemelli's neonatal department. ''The tests indicate
exposure to the TB bacteria. The children might develop the disease
only if they were not immediately given prophylactic treatment, but
they will be''.

Regional officials said the families of the 1271 babies born between
March and July 2011 will be contacted by Friday [26 Aug 2011] for
screening appointments. Screenings have been stepped up from 25 to 150
per day, in order to reach all babies at risk by the end of August
2011.

It is impossible to predict how many of them will turn up positive,
Romagnoli added. A statement with screening results will be issued at
8 pm daily, health officials said. Another 5-month-old child who
tested positive for TB has been admitted to Bambino Gesu hospital, but
it is unclear whether her exposure is related to the same nurse.

Lazio regional authorities confirmed that people exposed to TB do not
necessarily develop the disease, as long as prophylactic protocols are
followed. ''This is not an epidemic,'' said Lazio Governor Renata
Polverini. Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio also said there was no need
to panic. ''Millions are exposed every year, but only 4000 are likely
to develop full-blown TB,'' he said. ''It's a completely curable
disease. There is no cause for alarm''. A parliamentary health
committee has requested a report from Polverini.

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[Ronan Kelly for FluTrackers.com (<ronankelly@comcast.net>) submitted
a similar news release for posting.

A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Italy can be accessed at
<http://healthmap.org/r/1asU>.
Lazio is a region of west central Italy, in which Rome, capital of
Italy, is located (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazio>). The Agostino
Gemelli University Polyclinic is a large general hospital of 1850 beds
in Rome. It serves as the teaching hospital for the medical school of
the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (the largest privately owned
university in Italy)
(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agostino_Gemelli_University_Polyclinic>).

Tuberculosis (TB) is usually spread by means of aerosolized droplet
nuclei, about 1-5 microns in diameter, that contain one or 2 tubercle
bacilli (<http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/169/5/553>).
Droplet nuclei are expelled from a person with active pulmonary,
especially cavitary, tuberculosis during activities such as coughing
or sneezing; the airborne particles can remain suspended in the air
for several hours, depending on the environment, and can be carried by
air currents.

Although not stated in the news releases above, presumably the nurse
has active, most likely cavitary, TB in order to have infected
multiple neonatal contacts. The infected infants are said not to be
sick and thus likely have latent TB infection (LTBI). However,
children under 5 years of age with LTBI are at high risk for
progressing to primary TB and its sequellae, disseminated TB, and TB
meningitis. Therefore all the children exposed to active TB must be
evaluated promptly for LTBI.

A report by the US CDC highlighted the difficulty of contact tracing
of infants and provision of appropriate follow-up for those exposed to
a TB-infected nurse in New York City in 2003
(<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5450a2.htm>).
Consequently, the CDC emphasized in the report the importance of
annual screening for LTBI in healthcare workers (HCWs) by use of
tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs),
despite a history of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination in
some HCWs, and LTBI treatment programs for HCWs to prevent TB disease
and subsequent healthcare-associated transmission
(<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5450a2.htm>).

BCG vaccination is used in many developing countries with a high
prevalence of TB to prevent childhood TB meningitis and miliary
disease. HCWs born in developing countries frequently attribute a
positive TST result to their BCG vaccination in infancy. However, in
the absence of TB infection, tuberculin reactivity caused by BCG
vaccination wanes over time and is unlikely to persist for more than
10 years after vaccination. Current guidelines recommend considering
LTBI treatment of HCWs who have a TST result larger than 10 mm,
especially if they emigrated from a country with high TB prevalence
during the preceding 5 years
(<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5450a2.htm>). A history
of vaccination with BCG should not influence the decision to treat
LTBI and healthcare facilities should promote LTBI treatment for
employees with positive TST results during annual screenings for TB.
In any case, IGRAs can be used to replace TST in these programs
(<http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110627006209/en/Oxford-Immunotec-Study-Results-Show-Switching-Tuberculin>
and <http://www.igrasymposium.com/J14_mor.pdf>) and results of IGRAS
are not affected by prior BCG vaccination.

The diagnosis of perinatal tuberculosis is difficult because of its
nonspecific presentation, the difficulty of obtaining microbiological
confirmation, and the unreliability of the tuberculin skin test. The
CDC recommends that if the chest radiograph is normal, LTBI treatment
should be initiated in TST-negative children 5 years of age and
younger. Treatment should be continued until the results of the 2nd
TST 3 months later and other medical evaluation are known (see
<http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/LTBI/treatment.htm>). If the 2nd
TST result is negative, treatment may be stopped
(<http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/LTBI/treatment.htm>). TST is the
preferred method for testing of children under the age of 5 years
(<http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/LTBI/diagnosis.htm>), because of
limited data on the use of IGRAs in this age group
(<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5905.pdf>). - Mod.ML]

[see also:
Tuberculosis, inaccurate blood tests, WHO statement (03)
20110726.2255
Tuberculosis, inaccurate blood tests, WHO statement (02)
20110724.2233
Tuberculosis, inaccurate blood tests, WHO statement 20110723.2217
2010
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Tuberculosis, children - UK: use of BCG vaccine 20100717.2386]
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Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 16 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 16 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

TBC in Rome, other eight children positive
Test for infant born in February


ROME - There are eight other children, born at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, tested positive for tuberculosis after the case of the nurse on duty at the Gemini is found to have TB. He does know the Lazio Region on Friday, explaining that "have emerged 8 tests positive, including 3 females and 5 males, whose families have been warned. Five of the positive infants were born in the month of March, one in April, one in June and one in July. " This brings to 24 babies so far tested positive for tuberculosis. Then there is the case of five month old boy admitted to the Child Jesus, whose conditions are not of concern, however, and whose disease is not yet connected with certainty to the nurse's Gemelli hospital at the Spallanzani hours.

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY - No alarm, says the president of the Lazio Region, Renata Polverini, "The baby tested positive to date and subject to further checks required, none were ill. They will, however, prophylaxis to avoid the risk of developing the disease after contact with the mycobacterium of the future. " Polverini, as Commissioner ad acta for Health, launched the public health, epidemiological and administrative. It will, therefore, a commission of 7 members, of whom 6 outside the administration and will be chaired by Vincenzo Vullo, Professor of Hygiene at the University of Rome La Sapienza. The Commission will have the broadest powers of access, inspection and document review, hearing of executives, including the apical, officers and employees of the relevant regional offices. The administrative investigation shall be completed within a maximum period of 90 days.



TEST FOR FOR INFANT BORN IN FEBRUARY - not only for kids born between March and July 2011. Even children born this past February at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome will be tested for TB. The measure probably decided to increase the number of positive tests that Thursday night has touched the figure of 16 infants in addition to the sick child of five months from July last year and admitted to the Infant Jesus confirms what told by Corriere.it a mother and the newspaper Il Messaggero comes from the President of the Lazio Region Renata Polverini: "It's just a precaution, because there have been positive cases in the month of March. This is a good measure; but without creating alarm. "

http://roma.corriere.it/roma/notizi...-test-anticipato-febbraio-1901367223339.shtml

 

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Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 24 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 24 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

TB, 34 infants were positive

ROME - Children born in Gemini in recent months and tested positive for tuberculosis rose to 34, with only 10 new cases today, but the governor of the Lazio Renata Polverini is not worried. 'Besides, we have increased the visits, it was so obvious to have more positive than the first day', says Lourdes, where he is a pilgrimage, when they arrive to the latest bulletin on controlli.I children found positive for TB are now three females and seven males, three were born in March, three in May, three in June and one in July, tells the Coordination Unit.

http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2...cons_presenter_denuncia-20951032/?ref=HREC2-5

 

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Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 34 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 34 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Other 18 positive cases
"Nurse's husband would have had TB in 2004 '

continues, meanwhile, counts in infants exposed to the tuberculosis bacillus. Of 300 children tested on Friday and Saturday, as many as 18 were positive. These 11 males and seven females, five of whom were born in February, two in March, two months in April, three in May, five in June and one in July. Overall, increases to 52 the number of children tested positive (equal to 7.13% of the 917 children tested to date). In these cases must be added that of the child for five months admitted to the Child Jesus, whose conditions are not of concern, however, and whose disease is not yet connected with certainty to the nurse of the Twins. The Region of Lazio, which states that the positive test does not mean the disease, but has been the contact with the tubercle bacillus: the children will undergo further checks and prophylaxis to avoid the risk of developing the disease as a result of the future contact with the mycobacterium.



The charge is heavy: "The husband of the nurse would have had TB in 2004 and arouses bewilderment that the Hospital has not made regular visits to the mandatory employee each year." Codacons [consumers association] wrote it down on paper in a statement presented to the prosecutor on the case of Rome's Gemelli hospital nurse of the nest...


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Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 52 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 52 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

57 infants with test positive

5 OTHER POSITIVE TB - And Tuesday night comes the new budget. The Coordination Unit of the Lazio Region, presided over by President Renata Polverini, made it known that "have emerged 5 new positive cases, the families have already been warned.
There are 4 females and 1 male, 2 born in the month of June, one in July, its first

"CONDITIONS FOR YEARS AT RISK" - According to Codacons, who yesterday filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office to report that the husband of the nurse in 2004 would have had TB, the fact that he had lung pleurisy, "means that the even TB of the lungs, where the bacteria are normally found in the bronchi and bronchioles, had also spread to the pleura. The TB of the pleura shows the strong aggressiveness of the disease, highly contagious. They were then seven years that the situation was at risk. " President Carlo Rienzi of Codacons wonders how it is possible "that the system of mandatory reporting and prevention of these diseases that the NHS should not have worked so blatantly."


http://roma.corriere.it/roma/notizi...codacons-contro-polverini-1901396224803.shtml

 

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Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 57 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 57 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

22 new positive cases


31/08/2011 - And 'round to meet today, as expected, the Coordination Unit of the Lazio Region, presided over by President Renata Polverini, called to handle the monitoring activities on the pups at the Gemelli Polyclinic entered into the surveillance program on Tuberculosis and took stock of the situation on the operations of verification and prevention. As for the day today, there were 22 new cases out of 167 positive tests. The families of the children concerned have already been warned. These 17 males and 5 females. Of these, a child is born in January, 10 children in February 4 to March 3 to April 2 to May 1 to June and 1 July. Overall, today 1197 visits were made and test results of which 996 were received, of which 79 have emerged as positive, with an average of 7.9%. The unit confirms that to date has completed the work of the first contact all families of newborns affected by the control program, including those born in January 2011. In particular, out of 266 born in the month of January, 146 appointments have already been fixed.


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Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 79 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 79 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Seventeen other positive children


It ended with 17 other newborns testing positive for TB on the first phase of monitoring the coordination unit of the Lazio Region on children born at the Gemelli hospital. This brings to 96 the children tested positive in the controls after they started nursery nurse who works in the hospital became ill with tuberculosis. Clinics of three health facilities involved (San Camillo, Gemelli Hospital and the Child Jesus) will remain open until Saturday, September 3, with the tests which will continue until the total number of subjects included in the monitoring program for the monitoring and control. September 5, but will remain operational until the dedicated clinic at the Policlinico Gemelli for all families who for personal reasons wanted to postpone the appointment for the visit. 'As for the day today - the statement of the Region - 17 have emerged 132 new cases of positive tests. The families of the children concerned have already been warned. These 10 males and 7 females. Of these, a child is born in January, the first child in February, and March 2, 4 to April 3 to May 2 to June 4 to July '.


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Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 96 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

Re: Italy - 1271 newborns exposed, 96 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

115 children infected

They go up to 115 cases of TB to the Gemelli hospital in Rome, 6 new cases further fueling concerns of citizens of the capital. About 9% of 1333 children tested were positive for the test, note that positivity does not imply having the disease (which can occur even after years), but the need to begin to implement procedures that scongiurino its manifestation, nevertheless the fear remains. Fear that Prof. Fernando Aiuti immunologist, infectious disease specialist and chairman of the Capitoline Health Policy, has tried to brake in an interview with "Time", "alert not alarm, yes, but unjustified, because the epidemic is, for now, limited to Hospital and there is no factor that might make us suspect an infection in other hospitals, nurseries, etc..
To appease the Romans more I want to remember that on Tuesday at the Capitol to the Health Policy Commission and the School of Political experts feel about the case of tuberculosis nurse sick at the Gemelli for any prophylactic measures to be taken in the coming weeks in continuity with the work started in June 2008 for the prevention of tuber infection

2000 other families are ready to submit to the checks while the lawyer Giulia Bongiorno announced their wish to initiate a "class action" lawsuit against the hospital for negligence. According to the evolution of the facts it seems that the nurse became ill with TB has contracted the disease within the same hospital and did not communicate their status for months and months.



http://www.2duerighe.com/lazio/roma-sede-nazionale/1576-tbc-al-gemelli-115-i-bimbi-contagiati.html

 

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Re: Italy - 1500 newborns exposed, 122 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

:tiphat: Giuseppe


7 more infected

05/09/2011 - was held today, as expected, the Coordination Unit of the Lazio Region, presided over by President Renata Polverini, called to handle the monitoring activities on the pups at the Gemelli Polyclinic. To date it has completed the screening activities that involved the 93.01% of the infants included in the monitoring program. It remains, however, activated the call center and clinic at the Policlinico Gemelli for families (6.99%) for which it was impossible to make an appointment despite repeated attempts to contact, phone and letters, and for which, because of the lack of response, we proceeded to sending telegrams and activation, ultimately, the authorities responsible for the procedures laid down in these cases. Today in the 7 new positive cases have emerged, out of 82 tests, checks for the past few days. They are 2 females and 5 males. The families have already been warned. Five of the children tested positive were born in the month of January, two in February.
A total of 122 cases of positive results of 1415 arrived, with an average of 8, 6%.


http://www.regione.lazio.it/rl_main/?vw=newsdettaglio&id=1479

 

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Re: Italy - 1500 newborns exposed, 122 infected with latent tuberculosis at Rome hospital

TB, the decision of the TAR of Lazio: tests to children
born in 2010

The TAR of Lazio has accepted the request of Codacons to extend the test for the TB test positivity to all children born in the neonatology department of the Policlinico Gemelli, during the permanence of the nurse suffering from tuberculosis, so in February of 2010. The decision of the third section is headed by Bruno c Amoroso.Fino now testing positive on TB to have covered all the children born from January 1, 2011. To push the courts to extend the findings to recommend that 'medical knowledge attest that the TB can arise and manifest itself with symptoms are not obvious' and that, for the Tar, creates' uncertainty about the date of onset of disease in the same nurse '. The TAR also stresses that there are 'many cases of children born in 2010 and tested positive'.


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