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Show TB Testing Program Set for Moab Continuing with Utah's Eradicate TB Program, Moab will again be participating par-ticipating in the statewide state-wide skin-testing program. Skin-tests will be made 1 for -all Kindergarten and 8th grade students; school lunch personnel; newly hired teachers or other new .school ..'innncl. Last year, one liOo.vj reactor was found dn Kindergarten. Kin-dergarten. This child has received a year's free medi jcation., furnished by 'the State Health Dept., to ward off an active case. The child did not develop an active case. His family were all skin-tested as fol low-up, tout were found to be negative. All parents of kindergarten kinder-garten and 8th grade pupils pu-pils are urged to return the permission slips, as soon as possible after their distribution. Two San Juan County public health nurses, Mrs. (Vera Hazelton and Miss Pat Hanna will assist Mr- Hanna Pittman with the testing in Moab. Mrs. Pitt-man Pitt-man will return the favor by helping them in Mon-ticello Mon-ticello and Blanding. Testing in Moab will be done on Monday, Sept. IStn The ' arms will be "read" two days later to see if there are any positive reactors. re-actors. Any known positive Tbc reactor may have a free X-ray X-ray when the Mobile unit comes to Moab. Date to be announced later. If you are a KNOWN positive reactor, react-or, and you are not on Mrs. Pittman's list, please contact con-tact her, so that you may be notified when the X-ray Mobile unit conies to Mo;. |