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Care home tests for TB as worker falls ill

Residents at an Aberdeenshire nursing home are being screened for tuberculosis after a member of staff fell ill.

Residents at an Aberdeenshire nursing home are being screened for tuberculosis after a member of staff fell ill.

There are about 50 residents at the privately run Pitcairn Lodge in Kirkton of Skene and all have been offered chest X-rays or blood tests as a precaution.