Compliance with national recommendations for tuberculosis screening and immunization of healthcare workers in a children's hospital.
Physicians and clinical employees at a children's hospital were surveyed to compare their tuberculosis (TB) screening and immunization statuses. Failure to offer screening and immunization services to non-employee physicians was associated with lower rates of reported immunity to several vaccine-preventable diseases and with markedly lower rates of TB screening.
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University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics, Kentucky 40202, USA.
Stover
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Lane
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Paul
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D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control; D007629:Kentucky; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*