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Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William M. Valenti
William M. Valenti*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
*
University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642
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One activity of most employee health programs is a tuberculosis control program. No two programs will be exactly the same since many of the components of this program are controversial. Each should be tailored to the needs of the individual health care facility. In general, there are two components of a program for tuberculin skin testing of employees:

1. Skin testing prior to exposure.

2. Skin testing after exposure.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , April 1985 , pp. 169 - 171
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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