Letters delivered to 55 people after potential tuberculosis exposure, but no risk to public says AHS
LETHBRIDGE – Alberta Health Services hand-delivered notification letters to 55 individuals potentially exposed to a confirmed case of tuberculosis in the South Zone on Wednesday, July 4.
The letters included information on arrangements for standard tuberculosis assessment and screening and treatment if required.
In a release, AHS says the infected individual works at a food processing plant, but transmission of the infection is not related to the food processed at this facility.
There is no evidence to suggest transmission could occur from consuming the food prepared at this facility and since the exposures were contained there’s not a risk to the public.