Tuberculin Reactivity Among Health Care Workers in Nonhospital Settings

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• Personal Author:
  Arif AA ; Chotani R ; Neudorf C ; Ross AG ; Shah SM
• Description:
  We used workers' compensation data to identify health care workers at risk of tuberculosis exposure in the hospital and nonhospital environment. We identified State Fund workers' compensation claims having a documented tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion (size >or=10 mm) with a previous negative skin test between 1996 and 2000 in the State of Washington. Health care workers experienced an overall accepted workers' compensation claim rate of 2.3 claims/10,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per year for tuberculin reactivity. Receptionists accounted for the largest number, with 18.4% tuberculin reactivity claims. The number of tuberculin reactivity claims was the highest for offices and clinics of doctors of medicine (3.7 per 10,000 FTEs), followed by medical laboratories (2.6 per 10,000 FTEs). This study allowed characterization of employees in various nonhospital health services locations with higher number of tuberculin reactivity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Disease-transmission Diseases Employee-health Employees Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Medical-care Medical-personnel Occupational-diseases Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Skin-tests

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• ISSN:
  0196-6553
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  338-342
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030924
• Citation:
  Am J Infect Control 2006 Aug; 34(6):338-342
• Email:
  syed.shah@usask.ca
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Infection Control
• End Date:
  20060630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f83859a1c8c9d78539f45f91853001d0c941a135d69863a6ebd286ce0a47597c72a35ff5ebc7db2bf6bdbc7ba2dc26138c296a9ba7430ba560a825ca447f8307
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191360/cdc_191360_DS1.pdf
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