State Hospital Staff, Patients Vaccinated After Rubella Diagnosis

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March 19, 2001

 

“State Hospital Staff, Patients Vaccinated After Rubella Diagnosis” Associated Press (www.ap.org) (03/17/01)

Barbara Peterson, the administrator at Hawaii State Hospital, reports that all 650 staff members, as well as 159 patients, were recently vaccinated against rubella, or German measles, unless they could prove they were immune to the disease.  The measures were taken after a patient was diagnosed with rubella on Feb. 9.  Peterson noted that eight patients and hospital workers were suspected of being infected; however, some of those diagnosed as rubella may have been due to false-positive results.

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