"Correlation Between Frequency of Tuberculosis and Compliance with Control Strategies."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, "Objective: To determine if compliance with annual tuberculosis skin testing correlated with the number of cases of tuberculosis seen in patients and healthcare workers. Design: Survey using a written questionnaire. Setting and Participants: 159 Veterans' Administration facilities. Results: Hospitals that reported that >80% of their healthcare workers received annual skin tests saw 12.7 patient cases per 10,000 admissions and 4.0 healthcare worker cases per 10,000 personnel. Facilities in which <20% of their healthcare workers were given...

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