Maryland hospitals evacuated after a tube of tuberculosis was opened
Two Maryland hospitals evacuated after a tube of tuberculosis was opened in a hallway – possibly exposing scores of patients to the disease
- A tube of frozen tuberculosis was being transported from one building at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to another through a bridge that connects them
- The tube dropped and opened, possibly exposing people to the disease
- Teams arrived in hazmat to inspect the bridge between the two cancer centers
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Baltimore firefighters have evacuated two medical research buildings due to possible tuberculosis contamination.
A Johns Hopkins Medicine spokeswoman says the fire department is investigating ‘the possible release of a small amount of tuberculosis’ in an internal bridge between two cancer research buildings.
Officials did not say how it might have been released.
According to local news station WBALTV, teams arrived in hazmat gear. A statement from Hopkins says the buildings were evacuated Thursday as a ‘cautionary measure.’
A tube of tuberculosis was being transported from one building at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to another through a bridge that connects them. The tube dropped and opened
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‘There was a small tube that contained a frozen sample, and it was dropped and the lid came off while the sample was still frozen inside,’ Dr Landon King, executive vice dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, told WBALTV.
Employees who were in the area have been isolated and are being evaluated.
The statement says it appears no one else was exposed.
Tuberculosis is the world’s leading infectious killer. It has long been on the decline in the US. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there were 9,272 US cases in 2016.
It is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects your lungs.
The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air via coughs and sneezes.
Although your body may harbor the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, your immune system usually can prevent you from becoming sick. For this reason, doctors make a distinction between Latent and Active TB
Symptoms of active TB include coughing up blood, weight loss, fatigue, and chest pain, and fever.
Tuberculosis can also affect other parts of your body, including your kidneys, spine or brain.
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