Tuberculosis in healthcare workers and infection control measures at primary healthcare facilities in South Africa.

BACKGROUND:Challenges exist regarding TB infection control and TB in hospital-based healthcare workers in South Africa. However, few studies report on TB in non-hospital based healthcare workers such as primary or community healthcare workers. Our objectives were to investigate the implementation of...

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Main Authors: Mareli M Claassens, Cari van Schalkwyk, Elizabeth du Toit, Eline Roest, Carl J Lombard, Donald A Enarson, Nulda Beyers, Martien W Borgdorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3788748?pdf=render