Public health officials in Alberta are warning the public about a possible measles exposure at two Edmonton hospitals.
The province says anyone who was at the University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children’s Hospital on Feb. 25 and 28 may have been exposed.
Those at risk of developing measles are people born in or after 1970, who have fewer than two documented doses of measles-containing vaccines, or have never had measles before.
They are asked to monitor for symptoms like fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes, or a rash that appears three to seven days after fever starts. Anyone with symptoms is asked to stay home and call the measles hotline at 1-844-944-3434.
Exact locations, dates and times of possible exposure:
February 25
Stollery Children’s Hospital Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic (1G1). Exposure time period: 8:35-11:10 a.m.
Stollery Children’s Hospital Audiology Clinic (1G1). Exposure time period: 8:35-11:10 a.m.
University of Alberta Hospital Videonystagmography (VNG) Services (1G1). Exposure time period: 8:35-11:10 a.m.
Both hospitals’ public areas including 112th street main entrance to north elevators, 2nd floor north pedway to 2E. Exposure time period: 9:10-11:25 a.m.
Stollery Children Hospital Edmonton Oilers Ambulatory Clinic (2E) and Otolaryngology (ENT) Clinic. Exposure time period: 9:25 a.m.-1 p.m.
University of Alberta Hospital Pulmonary Function Lab. Exposure time period: 9:25 a.m.-1 p.m.
February 28
Stollery Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. Exposure time period: 5:20 a.m.-11:50 p.m.
University of Alberta Hospital Emergency Department. Exposure time period: 10:25 a.m.-2:50 p.m.