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Reported hantavirus protocol breach at hospital forces 12 employees into 6-week quarantine

Fox News·Bonny Chu·19 days ago
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NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A Dutch hospital has quarantined a dozen staff members after reports of a protocol breach involving a patient infected with hantavirus, hospital officials said Monday. The breach occurred last week at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, Netherlands, after the facility admitted a patient tied to a rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius luxury cruise ship. The hospital said the patient’s blood and urine were not processed and were not disposed of using the strictest international protocols required for handling the specific hantavirus strain. "Because of these circumstances, 12 employees will go in preventive quarantine for six weeks as a precaution despite the fact that the chance of infection is small," the hospital said. RARE HANTAVIRUS HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION SUSPECTED ON LUXURY CRUISE SHIP WHERE 3 HAVE DIED The cruise ship Hondius at port May 11.…

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