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April 11, 2007
Dear Team Members:
The Dallas County Health and Human Services Department has informed us that they have information regarding a possible exposure of tuberculosis involving a small group of employees within the Envelope Stuffing department.
Tuberculosis is a germ (bacteria) that is spread through the air from one person to another. TB germs are passed when a person who is sick with TB disease coughs, laughs, sings or sneezes. If someone breathes air that has TB germs, they may get infected. When TB germs enter the body the germ can go to sleep (this is called TB infection), or remain awake (this is called TB disease). If the germs are sleeping in the body, they do not make the person sick and the person cannot pass the germs to others. If the germ is awake in the body, the person is usually sick with fatigue, weight loss, chills, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, prolonged coughing for longer than two weeks, and coughing up blood or sputum. Both TB Infection and TB Disease are treatable and curable.
Research shows that most individuals who catch the TB germ are usually is a closed area with the person having TB disease for (1) hour or more a day. The public health regulations in the state of Texas and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) require that a person identified as having close contact with a person who has TB disease, undergo tuberculin skin test screening (usually referred to as a PPD test). This simple test indicates whether TB germs are in a person’s body. The test involves administering a small amount of test solution under the skin of the forearm. Most people experience very little or no pain or discomfort. The individual must return two days later in order for the test to be read. It can take up to three months for the TB germs to show in your body, so a second test is administered in two to three months to be sure that there are no TB germs.
A reaction to the skin test does not mean that a person has TB disease. A chest x-ray is needed to determine if the germ is sleeping or awake.
The Dallas County Health Department will directly notify the employees that may have been exposed to TB.
Ms. HR Herself
Director Human Resources
Envelope Stuffers of America
Dear Team Members:
The Dallas County Health and Human Services Department has informed us that they have information regarding a possible exposure of tuberculosis involving a small group of employees within the Envelope Stuffing department.
Tuberculosis is a germ (bacteria) that is spread through the air from one person to another. TB germs are passed when a person who is sick with TB disease coughs, laughs, sings or sneezes. If someone breathes air that has TB germs, they may get infected. When TB germs enter the body the germ can go to sleep (this is called TB infection), or remain awake (this is called TB disease). If the germs are sleeping in the body, they do not make the person sick and the person cannot pass the germs to others. If the germ is awake in the body, the person is usually sick with fatigue, weight loss, chills, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, prolonged coughing for longer than two weeks, and coughing up blood or sputum. Both TB Infection and TB Disease are treatable and curable.
Research shows that most individuals who catch the TB germ are usually is a closed area with the person having TB disease for (1) hour or more a day. The public health regulations in the state of Texas and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) require that a person identified as having close contact with a person who has TB disease, undergo tuberculin skin test screening (usually referred to as a PPD test). This simple test indicates whether TB germs are in a person’s body. The test involves administering a small amount of test solution under the skin of the forearm. Most people experience very little or no pain or discomfort. The individual must return two days later in order for the test to be read. It can take up to three months for the TB germs to show in your body, so a second test is administered in two to three months to be sure that there are no TB germs.
A reaction to the skin test does not mean that a person has TB disease. A chest x-ray is needed to determine if the germ is sleeping or awake.
The Dallas County Health Department will directly notify the employees that may have been exposed to TB.
Ms. HR Herself
Director Human Resources
Envelope Stuffers of America
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