Re: Chicken Pox

From: John Robertson M.D. (john.robertson@obgyn.net)
Sun Jun 7 19:44:08 1998


At Sun, 07 Jun 1998, Roger Klam wrote: >
>As the last patient of the day was leaving the end of last week, she
>mentioned that her son , who had been playing all over the waiting room,
>was just getting over the chicken pox. Do any of you have any
>suggestions on what I should do about the fomites in the room?
>
>--
>Roger Klam, M.D.
>Carbondale, Illinois
>Illinois Representative Obgyn.net
>

Two things. If her son's lesions had all crusted over, then he was no longer infectious. If you are worried about your patients on Monday, don't be, there should not be any infectious risk by that point in time. John

(P.S. My 5 year old and my 3 year old just got over Chicken Pox, so I have some recent first hand experience)

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