Hepatitis A scare hits Sydney school
22.aug.06
Yahoo News
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060822/2/108lf.html
About 300 students at a Sydney, Australia, school will be given preventative drugs after a tuck shop worker tested positive for hepatitis A.
NSW Health was cited as saying a clinic would be set up on Wednesday at St Patrick's College, a private Catholic school in Strathfield, which has students from Year 5 to 12.
The tuck shop worker, who prepared food for the students, did not display any symptoms at the time and was unaware they posed a risk to others, a NSW Health spokesman said.
Students who were potentially exposed to the virus will be offered preventative immunoglobulin antibody injections.
Letters were sent home to parents on Tuesday advising them of the situation and seeking permission to administer the antibody.
