Missouriwatcher
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Case of Active Tuberculosis Identified at Rosedale Middle School
State and local health department officials have identified a single case of active tuberculosis (TB) in a student who attends Rosedale Middle School in Kansas City, Kansas. The individual identified is complying with isolation precautions and is receiving medication to treat the illness.
Health officials have begun identifying contacts of the student with active TB, and are working to ensure that any other possible cases of TB in either the school or community are identified and treated. Letters of information about TB will be sent home today for parents and guardians of Rosedale students.
A forum will be held for parents and guardians of Rosedale students on Monday, January 10, at 6 p.m. in the school auditorium. TB experts from the Unified Government Health Department and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be on hand to present facts about TB and answer questions.
TB is spread through the air. The only way to contract the disease is by close contact (several hours a day) with someone who has the disease. It cannot be spread by contact with someone's clothing or by eating from the same utensils or in any other way. Symptoms of TB can include a cough of longer than three weeks, unexplained weight loss, night sweats, chills, fever and coughing up blood.
TB is preventable and curable. TB disease is treated for six to nine months with antibiotics. A person with TB will become non-contagious within a few days to weeks of effective treatment, and will be able to return to normal activities without risk to others while completing treatment. The Health Department assures that all known active TB cases in the county are followed closely and treated appropriately.
The KCK Public Schools, Rosedale Middle School staff, the Unified Government Health Department and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are working closely together to investigate this case and assure that all precautions are being taken for the safety of all in the community, especially the students and staff of Rosedale.
http://www.kckps.org/releases/tb_rosedale.php
State and local health department officials have identified a single case of active tuberculosis (TB) in a student who attends Rosedale Middle School in Kansas City, Kansas. The individual identified is complying with isolation precautions and is receiving medication to treat the illness.
Health officials have begun identifying contacts of the student with active TB, and are working to ensure that any other possible cases of TB in either the school or community are identified and treated. Letters of information about TB will be sent home today for parents and guardians of Rosedale students.
A forum will be held for parents and guardians of Rosedale students on Monday, January 10, at 6 p.m. in the school auditorium. TB experts from the Unified Government Health Department and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be on hand to present facts about TB and answer questions.
TB is spread through the air. The only way to contract the disease is by close contact (several hours a day) with someone who has the disease. It cannot be spread by contact with someone's clothing or by eating from the same utensils or in any other way. Symptoms of TB can include a cough of longer than three weeks, unexplained weight loss, night sweats, chills, fever and coughing up blood.
TB is preventable and curable. TB disease is treated for six to nine months with antibiotics. A person with TB will become non-contagious within a few days to weeks of effective treatment, and will be able to return to normal activities without risk to others while completing treatment. The Health Department assures that all known active TB cases in the county are followed closely and treated appropriately.
The KCK Public Schools, Rosedale Middle School staff, the Unified Government Health Department and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are working closely together to investigate this case and assure that all precautions are being taken for the safety of all in the community, especially the students and staff of Rosedale.
http://www.kckps.org/releases/tb_rosedale.php