Staff at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center are notifying patients and visitors in or around the emergency department Aug. 18 of a possible measles exposure, the Lebanon Daily News reports.
Potential exposure includes patients and visitors who arrived or left through the ED check-in area between 8:30 and 11 p.m. Aug. 18.
A patient showing symptoms consistent with measles arrived in the ED Aug. 18 and was promptly placed in a negative pressure room. Staff took precautions to avoid contact with other individuals.
The hospital is working with the Health Department on additional notification of the public as needed.