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Compliance With National Recommendations for Tuberculosis Screening and Immunization of Healthcare Workers in a Children's Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Denise F. Bratcher ,
Beth H. Stover ,
Natalie E. Lane  and
Ronald I. Paul
Denise F. Bratcher*
Affiliation:
University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics, Louisville, Kentucky
Beth H. Stover
Affiliation:
Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Natalie E. Lane
Affiliation:
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
Ronald I. Paul
Affiliation:
University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics, Louisville, Kentucky
*
University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics, 571 South Floyd St, Ste 321, Louisville, KY40202
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Abstract

Physicians and clinical employees at a children's hospital were surveyed to compare their tuberculosis (TB) screening and immunization statuses. Failure to offer screening and immunization services to non-employee physicians was associated with lower rates of reported immunity to several vaccine-preventable diseases and with markedly lower rates of TB screening.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , May 2000 , pp. 338 - 340
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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