Health
Aged care worker tests positive to tuberculosis – Morning Bulletin
Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service has begun immediate contact tracing after a Rockhampton aged care staff member tested positive.
ONE person is in isolation and more than 70 close contacts have been assessed for symptoms after a staff member at a Rockhampton aged care facility tested positive for infectious tuberculosis.
CQ Health Public Health director Dr Gulam Khandaker confirmed the staff member, who is believed to have contracted the disease overseas, was diagnosed on Friday and health officials were notified.
Dr Khandaker said the staff member was in isolation at home, receiving treatment and was in a good condition….
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