"Tuberculosis and HIV Infection in New Inmates in Federal Bureau of Prisons facilities."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Military Medicine, "A significant change in the manner in which medical data were managed in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) occurred in calendar year 1992 (CY 92). Prior to CY 92, all BOP medical data were stored only as hard copy medical records. Beginning with CY 92, medical records data for all inmates have been transcribed to magnetic tape using the BOP SENTRY system. This study was an initial attempt to determine if this innovation mould permit the development of meaningful infectious diseases data on BOP inmates. Our objective was to define the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) skin test positivity, active TB, and...

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