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Healthcare Worker Compliance With Nosocomial Tuberculosis Control Policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Philip LoBue  and
Antonino Catanzaro
Philip LoBue*
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, Californa
Antonino Catanzaro
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, Californa
*
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, Mail Code 8374, 200 West Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
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Abstract

To determine compliance with nosocomial tuberculosis control measures, 541 healthcare worker observations were made for 52 patients placed in respiratory isolation. Sixty-four total violations were noted, of which 45% occurred in physicians in training. Overall compliance with tuberculosis control measures appeared to be good, but additional educational efforts are warranted.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 9 , September 1999 , pp. 623 - 624
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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