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How To Prevent Transmission Of Shingles?
one of my employees has just been notified she has shingles. she works in a call center with many other people some who haven t had the chicken pox. This employee has to deal with the public. should I isolate her from others or is there nothing to worry about?
Fri, 17 Feb 2017
in case she has acute case of shingles or herpes zoster, others should avoid contact with her for a few days till her acute episode settles down. you should avpid vontact with her in case you havent got chicken pox till now.
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