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- Title
Tuberculosis control in the 21st century.
- Authors
Sepkowitz, Kent A.; Sepkowitz, K A
- Abstract
In response to tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s, U.S. hospitals spent tremendous resources to ensure a safer workplace. A remarkable decrease in nosocomial transmission resulted, along with a decrease in TB cases nationally. Federal standards have been promulgated to ensure a safer work environment for all U.S. workers potentially exposed to TB. However, these measures may prove costly and burdensome and thus may compromise the ability to deliver care.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NOSOCOMIAL infection prevention; UNITED States. Occupational Safety &; Health Administration; TUBERCULOSIS; COMMUNICABLE diseases
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001, Vol 7, Issue 2, p259
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0702.010222