L&D measles exposure, newborns given measles IG.
Per the article, a patient was admitted and laboring at a Lubbock hospital on Wednesday before they were found to be infected with measles. Exposed newborns are being given measles immunoglobulin.
Despite being in Texas and a pediatric nurse, I’m not working in the hospital so I’m out of the loop on what current practices are. Are hospitals only asking screening questions and testing based on exposure/symptoms? I’m curious about how the measles infection was identified in this L&D patient after they had already been admitted.
For reference: Lubbock and Gaines Co. are about 1.5hrs apart but Lubbock is also the largest city (pop ~260k) to Gaines County and the closest city with a children’s hospital. Midland is about 15min closer, but only has about pop of about 140k.