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A “Stone in the Pond” Approach to Contact Tracing: Responding to a Large-Scale, Nosocomial Tuberculosis Exposure in a Moderate TB-Burden Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2017

N. Bagdasarian ,
H. C. Chan ,
S. Ang ,
M. S. Isa ,
S. M. Chan  and
D. A. Fisher
N. Bagdasarian*
Affiliation:
National University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Department of Infection Prevention, National University Hospital, Singapore
H. C. Chan
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention, National University Hospital, Singapore
S. Ang
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics Khoo Teck Puat National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore.
M. S. Isa
Affiliation:
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Department of Paediatrics Khoo Teck Puat National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore.
S. M. Chan
Affiliation:
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Department of Paediatrics Khoo Teck Puat National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore.
D. A. Fisher
Affiliation:
National University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
*
Address correspondence to Natasha Bagdasarian, MD, MPH, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block, Level 10, Singapore 119228 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

A “stone in the pond” strategy is a practical approach to investigating large-scale nosocomial tuberculosis (TB) exposures. Here, we describe such a risk-stratified approach to contact tracing after a TB exposure that occurred over 5 months in a pediatric inpatient ward in a country with a moderate TB burden.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1509–1511

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 12 , December 2017 , pp. 1509 - 1511
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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