Correlation between Frequency of Tuberculosis and Compliance with Control Strategies
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 18 (1) , 28-31
- https://doi.org/10.2307/30141960
Abstract
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 whichKeywords
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