TUBERCULIN POSITIVITY AND PATIENT CONTACT IN HEALTH-CARE WORKERS IN THE URBAN UNITED-STATES

Authors
RATTNER SL FLEISCHER JA DAVIDSON BL
Citation
Sl. Rattner et al., TUBERCULIN POSITIVITY AND PATIENT CONTACT IN HEALTH-CARE WORKERS IN THE URBAN UNITED-STATES, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 17(6), 1996, pp. 369-371
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
17
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
369 - 371
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1996)17:6<369:TPAPCI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We performed tuberculin and anergy testing in 91 healthy volunteer emp loyees from the patient transport and housekeeping units at an urban t ertiary-care hospital, stratifying results by the risk factor of patie nt contact. Tuberculin positivity was highly prevalent in this group; patient contact was not a predictor of tuberculosis infection risk, an d anergy was rare.