Correlation between Frequency of Tuberculosis and Compliance with Control Strategies

Objective: To determine if compliance with annual tuberculosis skin testing correlated with the number of cases of tuberculosis seen in patients and healthcare workers. Design: Survey using a written questionnaire. Seting and Participants: 159 Veterans' Administration facilities. Results: Hospi...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 1997-01, Vol.18 (1), p.28-31
Main Authors: Roy, Marie-Claude, Fredrickson, Mary, Good, Natalie L., Hunter, S. Ann, Nettleman, Mary D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Cutaneous tuberculosis
Health care
Health care industry
Hospital admissions
Hospitals, Veterans - statistics & numerical data
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infection Control - standards
Infectious diseases
Mass Screening - standards
Medical sciences
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Occupational Exposure - prevention & control
Patient compliance
Personnel, Hospital
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Questionnaires
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tests of compliance
Tuberculin
Tuberculin Test
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - prevention & control
United States
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Summary:Objective: To determine if compliance with annual tuberculosis skin testing correlated with the number of cases of tuberculosis seen in patients and healthcare workers. Design: Survey using a written questionnaire. Seting and Participants: 159 Veterans' Administration facilities. Results: Hospitals that reported that >80% of their healthcare workers received annual skin tests saw 12.7 patient cases per 10,000 admissions and 4.0 healthcare worker cases per 10,000 personnel. Facilities in which
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/647497