Tuberculosis Transmission in Multiple Correctional Facilities—Kansas, 2002–2003

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• Personal Author:
  Funk R ; Griffin P ; Kitt M ; McClenahan D ; Pezzino G ; VandeVelde J
• Description:
  Tuberculosis (TB) is a substantial health concern in correctional facilities; inmates and employees are at high risk, and TB outbreaks can lead to transmission in surrounding communities (1--3). The Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET) recommends that all correctional facilities have a written TB infection--control plan (TBICP) (4). In September 2002, after diagnosis of smear-positive pulmonary TB in a prison inmate, the Kansas TB Control Program, with assistance from CDC, initiated a 6-month contact investigation. This report summarizes the results of that investigation, which determined that, while symptomatic for TB, the inmate had resided in three different jails and a state prison, placing hundreds of employees and other inmates at risk for TB infection. The circumstances of this case underscore the need for effective TBICPs to be implemented by trained employees in jails and prisons and for establishment of mechanisms to facilitate information-sharing between correctional facilities and local and state health departments. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Correctional Facilities Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Correctional-facilities Infection-control Infectious-diseases Lung-disease Lung-disorders Prison-workers Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Viral-diseases Viral-infections
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Kansas ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031826
• Citation:
  MMWR 2004 Aug; 53(32):734-738
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183315/cdc_183315_DS1.pdf
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