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More than 200 babies must be tested for tuberculosis after a health worker at the hospital where they were born was found to have the disease, it emerged today.
University College London Hospitals Trust has written to the families of 213 babies who may have come into contact with the member of staff, asking them to bring their children in for screening.
The health worker at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital was diagnosed with infectious tuberculosis (TB) in March, but may have been ill since December, the trust said. The staff member is being treated successfully for the communicable disease and has not been in contact with patients or at work since being diagnosed.
The hospital said there was a low risk of infection, but because babies who contract TB are more likely to become "seriously unwell" than adults, a series of special screening clinics are being run for the infants.
"It is very unlikely that this person has infected others at the hospital but as a precaution the Trust is contacting all patients and staff who may have come into contact with the affected person to offer information, advice and reassurance," a hospital spokeswoman said.
"As a precautionary measure, the Trust does want to screen any babies who may have come into contact with the infected person to check if they have contracted the disease.
"This is because while babies are no more likely to catch the disease than adults, if they do become infected they are more likely to become seriously unwell."
She added: "If anyone is worried that they or their baby is presenting symptoms as outlined in information they will have received, then the Trust will undertake to assess them or their baby as soon as possible."
TB is a curable infectious disease, which most commonly affects the lungs. It has declined in the UK, but is common in other parts of the world, and was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation in 1993.
Anyone can contract the disease, which is transmitted in airborne droplets of mucus and saliva, but infection usually requires prolonged close contact with the infected person. The bacteria which cause the illness often lie dormant for many years or even permanently, but if TB does develop symptoms include cough, phlegm, weight loss, fatigue and fevers.
The disease can be detected through a chest X-ray or a skin test and is treatable, although it requires long courses of powerful antibiotics.
Comment by Dr. Paul Zeitz