title: [Tuberculosis prevention measure in medical and correlated facilities].
abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) infection of healthcare workers in medical and correlated facilities is serious issue. For the prevention of TB transmission in the facilities, there are five important matters which are management of work environment, self protection manner, TB infection screening, a system for infection control, and TB education. The air containing TB nuclei must be exhausted from the work space mechanically, the workers should wear N95 mask at high risk places, regular chest X-ray examination and periodically QuantiFERON test for healthcare workers should undergo, the infection control committee must be active and TB education course for healthcare workers must be held annually.
authors.affiliation: Safety and Health Organization, Chiba University.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*