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Prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in China
OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis (TB) specialized hospitals are playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with TB in China. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of TB among health care workers (HCWs) in TB specialized hospitals in China. METHODS: We conducte...
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Japan Society for Occupational Health
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202894 |
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author | Du, Jian Pang, Yu Ma, Yan Mi, Fengling Liu, Yuhong Li, Liang |
author_facet | Du, Jian Pang, Yu Ma, Yan Mi, Fengling Liu, Yuhong Li, Liang |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis (TB) specialized hospitals are playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with TB in China. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of TB among health care workers (HCWs) in TB specialized hospitals in China. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey to collect longitudinal information on the number of HCWs and patients with TB from HCWs among 203 TB hospitals in China. RESULTS: Overall, these 186 TB cases accounted for the incidence of 985 per 100,000 population. The prevalence ratios among medical professionals (PR = 2.40) and laboratory technicians (PR = 2.17) were significantly higher than other hospital staff (PR = 1.04). In addition, general hospitals with TB clinics had the highest prevalence ratio of TB (PR = 5.15), while designated TB hospitals had the lowest prevalence ratio (PR = 1.48). CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrated that HCWs are suffering from an increased risk of infection with TB in China, and medical professionals (physicians and nurses) and general hospitals with TB clinics have the highest prevalence ratio of TB. |
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spelling | pubmed-54785142017-06-29 Prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in China Du, Jian Pang, Yu Ma, Yan Mi, Fengling Liu, Yuhong Li, Liang J Occup Health Brief Report OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis (TB) specialized hospitals are playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with TB in China. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of TB among health care workers (HCWs) in TB specialized hospitals in China. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey to collect longitudinal information on the number of HCWs and patients with TB from HCWs among 203 TB hospitals in China. RESULTS: Overall, these 186 TB cases accounted for the incidence of 985 per 100,000 population. The prevalence ratios among medical professionals (PR = 2.40) and laboratory technicians (PR = 2.17) were significantly higher than other hospital staff (PR = 1.04). In addition, general hospitals with TB clinics had the highest prevalence ratio of TB (PR = 5.15), while designated TB hospitals had the lowest prevalence ratio (PR = 1.48). CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrated that HCWs are suffering from an increased risk of infection with TB in China, and medical professionals (physicians and nurses) and general hospitals with TB clinics have the highest prevalence ratio of TB. Japan Society for Occupational Health 2017-02-15 2017-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5478514/ /pubmed/28202894 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Journal of Occupational Health is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Du, Jian Pang, Yu Ma, Yan Mi, Fengling Liu, Yuhong Li, Liang Prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in China |
title | Prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in China |
title_full | Prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in China |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in China |
title_short | Prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in China |
title_sort | prevalence of tuberculosis among health care workers in tuberculosis specialized hospitals in china |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202894 |
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