Evaluating a framework for tuberculosis screening among healthcare workers in clinical settings, Inner Mongolia, China

Evaluating a framework for tuberculosis screening among healthcare workers in clinical settings, Inner Mongolia, China

Abstract Background Health care workers are at high risk for tuberculosis (TB). China, a high burden TB country, has no policy on medical surveillance for TB among healthcare workers. In this paper, we evaluate whether China’s national TB diagnostic guidelines could be used as a framework to screen...

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Main Authors: Shiming Cheng, Deanna Tollefson, Guangxue He, Yuan Li, Hui Guo, Shua Chai, Fangfang Gao, Fei Gao, Guoxin Han, Liping Ren, Yulin Ren, Jianbo Li, Lixia Wang, Jay K. Varma, Dongmei Hu, Haiying Fan, Fei Zhao, Emily Bloss, Yu Wang, Carol Y. Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
Subjects:
Case detection
Medical surveillance
Clinically diagnosed cases
Active case finding
Healthcare workers
X-ray
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12995-018-0192-y

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