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Alberta Health Services has issued another warning about possible measles exposure, this time at the Stollery Children’s Hospital.
AHS warns that those who were in specific areas at the Stollery on June 18-19 may have been exposed to an infectious patient.
This warning came just a day later than a bulletin about possible exposure risks at a Dollarama in Glenridding and the Grey Nuns Community Hospital. The Dollarama at 16711 Rabbit Hill Rd. SW posed risk to exposure June 16-17, while the Grey Nuns had an infectious patient in its emergency ward June 18.
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The Alberta government’s measles dashboard pins then number of current cases at 1,020 province-wide, with 995 “past the period of communicability.” Of those, seven cases have been confirmed in Edmonton, compared to 20 in Calgary and 681 in southern Alberta.
In a release issued Friday night, AHS warned of potential measles contacts at the Stollery.
Stollery Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, 8440 112 St. NW
Exposure time periods: June 18, approximately 3:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Stollery Children’s Hospital from Emergency Department to Unit 4E4/F2 via patient elevator to fourth floor
(not the public north glass elevator or south glass elevator)
Exposure time periods: June 18, 3:20 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Stollery Children’s Hospital Unit 4E4/F2
Exposure time periods: June 18, approximately 3:25 p.m. to June 19, 3:35 p.m.
AHS warns that anyone who was at these locations during the time periods, was born in or after 1970 and has received less than two documented doses of measles vaccine, could be at risk. Those in the risk group are warned to self-monitor for symptoms.
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Albertans are asked to check their vaccination records to ensure each of us has received two documented doses of vaccine.
AHS warns that “measles is an extremely contagious disease and the virus spreads easily through the air.”
Symptoms include a fever of 38.3 Celsius or higher; cough, runny nose and/or red eyes; and a rash that appears three to seven days after the fever begins, usually beginning behind the ears and the face and eventually spreading down the body.
If you do spot measles symptoms, do not go to a health-care provide until you contact the measles hotline at 1-844-944-3434.
Measles vaccine is available for free through the province’s immunization program.
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