El Paso Health Dept. has latest release on numbers of babies screened, contacted for tuberculosis

The following information has been compiled in order to update the media and local community as to the TB Hospital Event and investigation of possible TB exposure.

Total event patients contacted 779 or 91%
Patients scheduled for Health Department screening *72%
Completed initial screenings (as of 10/7/14) *755
Patients with fully completed screening (as of 10/7/14) *503
(*Patients seen by private practice providers or outside of El Paso are not yet reflected in this number.)
El Paso City/County patients contacted 91%
El Paso City/County screenings scheduled 76%
Patients outside El Paso City/County contacted 92%
Patients in Mexico contacted 90%
Total Positive Tests (includes 4 BCG vaccine tests below)6
Positive Tests with BCG Vaccine (possible false positive) 4

Parents who receive a notification letter are reminded that they should contact the Health Department as soon as possible to schedule an appointment. In order to expedite the appointment process we ask that the following points be clarified:
There are three numbers that can be used: 2-1-1, (915) 771-1228, or 1-877-541-7905
For 2-1-1, callers are asked to select their language (1 for English, 2 for Spanish, 3 for any other language). They should then select option 1.
The appointment center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Background
September 29, 2014
El Paso, Texas – A total of 853 babies have been identified as potentially exposed. The following is a breakdown based on their locations as reported by the hospital. We continue to use mail, certified mail, telephone calls, and personal visits to make contact with these parents and children.
Texas 764 New Mexico 59
Mexico 27 Arizona 1
Minnesota 1 Montana 1

Source: City of El Paso Department of Public Health