Karen Garloch of the Charlotte Observer reports that the Mecklenburg County Health Department is offering Hepatitis A vaccine clinics for patrons who visited the Dogwood Southern Table and Bar during dinner hours on Feb. 4-Feb. 10.

A Dogwood employee who developed a hepatitis A infection did not prepare food, but was responsible for cleaning silverware and glasses and delivering food to tables. The employee did not work at the restaurant after Feb. 10, so there is no risk to patrons who ate at there after that date.

Health officials are encouraging people who visited the restaurant on Feb. 4 and Feb. 5 to get vaccinated against hepatitis A at a clinic on Feb. 18 from noon to 5 p.m. at the health department’s 249 Billingsley Road location.

Immunizations will also be offered on Feb. 19 and 20, from noon to 5 p.m., for those who ate at the restaurant on February 7, 8, 9 or 10.

Hepatitis A vaccine can be given up to two weeks after a potential exposure to help prevent possible infection.