MT. COMFORT, Ind. -- Health department workers administered tuberculosis tests to employees of a McDonald's restaurant Monday after a co-worker tested positive for the disease and died.

The person who died worked at the McDonald's off Interstate 70's Mt. Comfort Road exit in western Hancock County. She tested positive for tuberculosis at the time of her death, 6News' Derrik Thomas reported.

Dr. Ray Haas of the Hancock County Health Department said customers of that McDonald's shouldn't be concerned about the food or drinks that the worker had handled.

"There should be no real danger unless somebody was really in real direct contact with the person for an extended period of time," Haas said. "There is certainly no danger from eating as far as any type of food or drink contamination or anything like that."

Employees of the restaurant received shots there Monday. The restaurant's owner said he is cooperating fully with health department officials.

The restaurant will continue to operate, and it was doing brisk business Monday, Thomas reported.

Justin Carder, who said he worked at the restaurant with the infected employee until he left in October, said he is trying to determine whether he will get a free test like the current McDonald's workers.

"A colleague of mine is still an employee at McDonald's, and he had informed me to get myself checked out (because) I worked with her," Carder said. "I called the health department to see if I was on any list there to be tested for free, and as of right now, they don't know if I'm on the list."

Tuberculosis is a disease in which a certain type of bacteria attacks part of the body -- often the lungs -- according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If not treated properly, the disease can be fatal.

Symptoms of tuberculosis include a sensation of not feeling well; a cough, at first with yellow or green mucus and occasionally blood as the disease progresses; fatigue; shortness of breath; weight loss; and pain in the chest, back or kidneys, or perhaps all three, according to WebMD.com.