First Nationwide Family Event to Protect Kids from Unintentional Injury, The Number One Cause of Death to Children in the U.S.

Mission Children’s Hospital will be restricting visitors to its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after a possible exposure to chickenpox. Hospital officials determined that a group of infants and family members in the NICU were exposed to chickenpox on March 30, March 31 and April 1.  A visiting family member who had a fever and later developed chickenpox visited the NICU on those days.  Those infants who were potentially exposed and are not otherwise immune are being moved to a separate area of the NICU with a separate airflow system to minimize any further exposure.