Compliance with national recommendations for tuberculosis screening and immunization of healthcare workers in a children's hospital

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 May;21(5):338-40. doi: 10.1086/501769.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data
  • Hospitals, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / prevention & control
  • Kentucky
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
  • Tuberculosis / immunology
  • Tuberculosis / prevention & control*
  • Tuberculosis / transmission
  • Vaccination / statistics & numerical data*