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Reduction in Tuberculin Skin-Test Conversion Rate After Improved Adherence to Tuberculosis Isolation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nathan Uyamadu ,
Sunket Ahkee ,
Ruth Carrico ,
Arthur Tolentino ,
Barbara Wojda  and
Julio Ramirez
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Abstract

The rate of purified protein derivative (PPD) conversion in workers at our hospital increased to 1.7% in 1991. After implementation of mandatory respiratory isolation of patients with community-acquired pneumonia, the rate dropped to 0.6%. This policy may protect workers in institutions where the majority of patients with pneumonia have risk factors for tuberculosis.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 8 , August 1997 , pp. 575 - 576
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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