Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of US Health Care Personnel: ACOEM and NTCA Joint Task Force on Implementation of the 2019 MMWR Recommendations.
Advisory Committees
/ organization & administration
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
/ standards
Disease Transmission, Infectious
/ prevention & control
Health Personnel
/ standards
Humans
Infection Control
/ standards
Latent Tuberculosis
/ diagnosis
Mass Screening
/ standards
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
/ isolation & purification
Occupational Health
/ standards
Risk Assessment
Societies, Medical
/ standards
Tuberculosis
/ diagnosis
United States
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
entrez:
31
7
2020
pubmed:
31
7
2020
medline:
5
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
: On May 17, 2019, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Tuberculosis Controllers Association issued new Recommendations for Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of Health Care Personnel, United States, 2019, updating the health care personnel-related sections of the Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005. This companion document offers the collective effort and experience of occupational health, infectious disease, and public health experts from major academic and public health institutions across the United States and expands on each section of the 2019 recommendations to provide clarifications, explanations, and considerations that go beyond the 2019 recommendations to answer questions that may arise and to offer strategies for implementation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32730040
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001904
pii: 00043764-202007000-00022
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Practice Guideline
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM