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Nursery children are being offered screening for tuberculosis after a member of staff tested positive for the disease.
NHS Lanarkshire has contacted all parents of children as well as members of staff at Firtrees Nursery in Motherwell where the person works, to give them advice and support.
The health board said the individual concerned was well and had been responding to treatment.
Some children and staff who may have come into contact with the person were being offered screening as a precaution in line with national guidance.
Dr Josephine Pravinkumar, NHS Lanarkshire consultant in Public Health Medicine, said: "Tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively uncommon infection in Scotland and is not easily transmitted from person to person.
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/nursery-worker-contracts-tb-1.345255
NHS Lanarkshire has contacted all parents of children as well as members of staff at Firtrees Nursery in Motherwell where the person works, to give them advice and support.
The health board said the individual concerned was well and had been responding to treatment.
Some children and staff who may have come into contact with the person were being offered screening as a precaution in line with national guidance.
Dr Josephine Pravinkumar, NHS Lanarkshire consultant in Public Health Medicine, said: "Tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively uncommon infection in Scotland and is not easily transmitted from person to person.
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/nursery-worker-contracts-tb-1.345255