Risk of Tuberculosis in Correctional Healthcare Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Comstock GW ; Felknor S ; Gershon RR ; Lears MK ; Lubelczyk RA ; Mitchell CS ; Sherman MF ; Vlahov D
• Description:
  The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for occupational infection with tuberculosis among healthcare workers employed in correctional facilities. The authors conducted a self-administered survey, clinical interview, and tuberculin skin testing. The overall tuberculin skin test point prevalence rate was 17.7%, the reactivity rate was 2.2%, and the annual incidence was 1.3%. At the multivariate level, after controlling for bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination, only origin of birth remained significantly associated with prevalence of tuberculosis infection. Although the prevalence of tuberculin reactivity was high in this population, the risk factors were predominantly demographic rather than occupational. Nevertheless, continued vigilance to control occupational exposure to this and other respiratory pathogens is warranted, given the potential for future outbreaks of tuberculosis, as well as other known and emerging airborne pathogens. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Correctional Facilities Demography Health Personnel Irritants Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Skin

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• Keywords:
  Correctional-facilities Demographic-characteristics Health-care-personnel Infection-control Infectious-diseases Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Pathogens Respiratory-infections Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-analysis Risk-factors Skin-tests Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028876
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2005 Jun; 47(6):580-586
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19970401
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1086fc78d38f6e2148af818c2acecd59b8440051bb6c1843544067245d9f2e8220f0dd7965c205c21322f7d17d3d06cf2176fa494ebf5fd9a34a0a9e833f793b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189972/cdc_189972_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 200.23 KB ]