• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Compliance With National Recommendations for Tuberculosis Screening and Immunization of Healthcare Workers in a Children's Hospital
  • Contributor: Bratcher, Denise F.; Stover, Beth H.; Lane, Natalie E.; Paul, Ronald I.
  • imprint: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2000
  • Published in: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1086/501769
  • ISSN: 1559-6834; 0899-823X
  • Keywords: Infectious Diseases ; Microbiology (medical) ; Epidemiology
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>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.</jats:p>