2,289 get shots in Slayton hepatitis case

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Hepatitis A Attorney

There have been 3 confirmed cases of hepatitis A after the outbreak at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in Minnesota. The health department gave nearly 2,300 shots to the public on Friday and Saturday.  Full Story by Dana Yost from the Marshall Independant.

Three cases of hepatitis A have been confirmed, the state health department said Friday. Two cases involve employees, and a third was a customer of the Pizza Ranch, said MDH spokesman Doug Schultz. Because a customer was infected, it made it likely more cases would turn up, Schultz said.

Schuh said 1,375 shots were given as of 7 p.m. Friday. More than 900 were given Saturday.

He said health officials were given 1,800 vials of IG from the state, but were able to stretch the doses to 2,289 because doses are based on an individual's weight.

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