TB: return of an old scourge.
In recent years, several hundred health care workers nationwide have contracted tuberculosis after being infected on the job; at least 16 of those workers have developed multidrug-resistant strains of the disease, and at least five of them have died. TB is alive and well--and EMS providers need to know what it is and how to protect themselves from it.
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D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*