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Hundreds of people may have been exposed to measles at UC Davis Medical Center earlier this month, according to officials in Sacramento and El Dorado counties. The Sacramento and El Dorado county public health departments said a child with a confirmed case of measles visited the emergency department. at UC Davis in Sacramento on Tuesday. Officials said around 300 people may have been exposed to the virus. “We will receive a list of those who were confirmed in the UC Davis Emergency Department at that time and will contact those individuals for more information. instructions,” said Dr. Matthew Minson, El Dorado County Public Health Officer. Minson advised anyone who suspects they were exposed not to go directly to the emergency department, as it could put others at risk. UC Davis Health public affairs officials released the following statement about the possible exposure: “UC Davis Health, in consultation with local county health officials, this week began contacting approximately 300 people who were in the Emergency Department at UC Davis Medical Center on March 5 when a child who returned from an out-of-country trip was being evaluated for suspected measles. UC Davis has a record of every patient and employee who was in the Emergency Department that day and “Notifications of possible exposure are made through the electronic medical records online messaging portal, letters, in person, and by telephone. Only those individuals considered at risk of exposure are contacted that afternoon and evening.” Sacramento County Public Health officials said people with measles are infectious from four days before to four days after the rash appears. However, infected people who do not show any symptoms of the disease can still transmit the virus. Anyone who lives in El Dorado County and was in the UC David Emergency Department between 12 and 5 p.m. on Tuesday should call the El Dorado County Public Health line at 530-621-6320 ( Placerville) or 530-573-3154 (South Lake Tahoe). Measles can be especially serious for younger people, as well as pregnant people and immunocompromised people. The disease can be prevented with vaccination.
Hundreds of people may have been exposed to measles at UC Davis Medical Center earlier this month, according to officials in Sacramento and El Dorado counties.
The Sacramento and El Dorado county public health departments said a child with a confirmed case of measles visited the UC Davis emergency department in Sacramento on Tuesday.
Officials said around 300 people may have been exposed to the virus.
“We will receive a list of those who were confirmed in the UC Davis Emergency Department at that time and will contact those individuals for further instructions,” said El Dorado County Public Health Officer Dr. Matthew Minson.
Minson advised anyone who suspects they were exposed not to go directly to the emergency department, as it could put others at risk.
UC Davis Health public affairs officials issued the following statement regarding the possible exposure: “UC Davis Health, in consultation with local county health officials, this week began contacting approximately 300 people who were in the Emergency Department at UC Davis Medical Center on March 5, when a child who returned from an out-of-country trip was being evaluated for suspected measles. UC Davis has a record of every patient and employee who was in the Emergency Department that day and “Notifications about possible exposure are being made through the online electronic medical records, messaging portal, letters, in person and by telephone. Only those individuals considered at risk of exposure are being contacted that afternoon and evening.”
Sacramento County Public Health officials said people with measles are contagious from four days before to four days after the rash appears. However, infected people who do not show any symptoms of the disease can still transmit the virus.
Anyone who lives in El Dorado County and was in the UC David Emergency Department between 12 and 5 p.m. on Tuesday should call the El Dorado County Public Health line at 530-621-6320 ( Placerville) or 530-573-3154 (South Lake Tahoe).
Measles can be especially serious for younger people, as well as pregnant people and immunocompromised people. The disease can be prevented with vaccination.