Epidemiology of tuberculosis among health care workers.
The author explores factors such as poor environmental, hygienic, and infection controls for the excessive conversion rates found among health care workers in numerous studies. In his in-depth discussion, Dr. Markowitz reviews the role of outbreak investigations, surveillance studies, and current epidemiologic studies in efforts to control the hazard of airborne tuberculosis in the workplace.
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Division of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology