[Situation analysis of the monitoring of tuberculosis infection among hospital staff].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate monitoring of new tuberculosis infection among staff in hospitals running the model-beds for tuberculosis patient care.


OBJECTIVE
Questionnaires were sent to the hospitals and the responses were analyzed.


RESULTS
Valid answer sheets were recovered in 51% (38/75). Forty percent of hospitals performed periodic monitoring of new tuberculosis infection among staff. Fifty percent performed only one test for tuberculosis infection on employment but did no perform further periodic tests. Ten percent did not perform specific tests for tuberculosis infection at all. There were very few persons who were prescribed preventive therapy based on test results for tuberculosis infection.


CONCLUSIONS
Less than half of the hospitals performed periodic monitoring of new tuberculosis infection, but there were few tuberculosis cases among hospital staff. It is necessary to investigate further the efficacy and necessity of periodic monitoring of new tuberculosis infection among hospital staff.
Ito
Kunihiko
K
Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan. ito@jata.or.jp
D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012698:Serologic Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*