TX hospital CEO apologizes for infants' TB exposure

A Texas hospital CEO has apologized for a screening lapse that potentially exposed hundreds infants to tuberculosis. Hospital and city health officials are working to screen more than 750 infants who were came into contact with an infected hospital worker in the nursery. "I want to apologize to the families that are affected by this," Eric Evans told reporters on Tuesday. "As CEO of Providence Memorial Hospital I and my colleagues take full ownership of our full role in this and making sure we get this right." The El Paso Department of Health received its first positive test from the hospital nursery employee on Aug. 27 but Evans confirmed during a news conference that the employee had symptoms as early as July. The hospital initially flagged 700 infants for testing.