Doctors at a North Carolina hospital fear 33 premature infants were exposed to
the H1N1swine flu virus by a respiratory therapist, and are currently providing
precautionary swine flu treatment for the infants at the neonatal intensive care
unit of Women's Hospital of Greensboro. Photo: CreativeCommons/César Rincón
Doctors fear 33 premature infants were exposed to the H1N1 swine flu virus by a respiratory therapist, and are currently providing precautionary swine flu treatment for the infants at the neonatal intensive care unit of Women's Hospital of Greensboro.
So far, none of the infants has shown any symptoms of the disease though they are being quarantined from other babies, said officials with Moses Cone Health System.
A respiratory therapist who treated the babies later tested positive for the virus, said Medical Director Dr. Tim Lane. A few days later, the therapist worked a shift in the babies' unit.
The therapist has been sent home, and her full swine flu test results will be available later in the week.
1 comment:
"exposed to" and "infected with" are two very, very different things
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