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- Title
Tuberculosis among Health Care Workers.
- Authors
Baussano, Iacopo; Nunn, Paul; Williams, Brian; Pivetta, Emanuele; Bugiani, Massimiliano; Scano, Fabio
- Abstract
To assess the annual risk for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health care workers (HCWs), the incidence rate ratio for tuberculosis (TB) among HCWs worldwide, and the population-attributable fraction of TB to exposure of HCWs in their work settings, we reviewed the literature. Stratified pooled estimates for the LTBI rate for countries with low (<50 cases/100,000 population), intermediate (50-100/100,000 population), and high (>100/100,000 population) TB incidence were 3.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.0%-4.6%), 6.9% (95% CI 3.4%-10.3%), and 8.4% (95% CI 2.7%-14.0%), respectively. For TB, estimated incident rate ratios were 2.4 (95% CI 1.2-3.6), 2.4 (95% CI 1.0-3.8), and 3.7 (95% CI 2.9-4.5), respectively. Median estimated population-attributable fraction for TB was as high as 0.4%. HCWs are at higher than average risk for TB. Sound TB infection control measures should be implemented in all health care facilities with patients suspected of having infectious TB.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS; INFECTION; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL care; PATIENTS; LUNG diseases; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; DISEASES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 3, p488
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1703.100947