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Frozen tuberculosis spilled Thursday within the Johns Hopkins Cancer Research Building, creating a potential hazard after a latch failed on a transport container, an official with the medical institution said Friday.
The leak, which caused two buildings to be evacuated Thursday afternoon, is believed to be a one-time incident, spokesman Ken Willis said in a statement.
However, Willis said staff will be retrained and policies will be reviewed because of the incident.
....The leak happened in a bridge between two buildings in the 1500 block of Orleans St., where there are no patients. Hospital officials said they also do not believe employees in the area were exposed to the bacteria. No one was treated after the sample was released.
People exposed to tuberculosis may not know if they have contracted the disease right away without getting tested. They may start to see symptoms in the first few weeks or it may not affect them until years later when their immune system becomes weakened.
Fire officials had been concerned that the sample might spread through the buildings’ heating and cooling system, but Hopkins quickly shut the system down. The disease is spread through tiny droplets that get into the air when somebody coughs or sneezes.
Tuberculosis spilled at Johns Hopkins Hospital because latch failed
Guess you'll know for sure in a couple of weeks.
The leak, which caused two buildings to be evacuated Thursday afternoon, is believed to be a one-time incident, spokesman Ken Willis said in a statement.
However, Willis said staff will be retrained and policies will be reviewed because of the incident.
....The leak happened in a bridge between two buildings in the 1500 block of Orleans St., where there are no patients. Hospital officials said they also do not believe employees in the area were exposed to the bacteria. No one was treated after the sample was released.
People exposed to tuberculosis may not know if they have contracted the disease right away without getting tested. They may start to see symptoms in the first few weeks or it may not affect them until years later when their immune system becomes weakened.
Fire officials had been concerned that the sample might spread through the buildings’ heating and cooling system, but Hopkins quickly shut the system down. The disease is spread through tiny droplets that get into the air when somebody coughs or sneezes.
Tuberculosis spilled at Johns Hopkins Hospital because latch failed
Guess you'll know for sure in a couple of weeks.
