Tuberculosis (Testing)
"Tuberculin Skin Test Conversion Rates in New York City Emergency Medical Service Health Care Workers."
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 21st, 1998
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, "Objective: To determine annual tuberculin skin test conversion (infection) rates for prehospital health care workers (EMTs and paramedics) in an urban environment with a high prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Methods: We conducted a prospective study of prehospital health care workers for the New York City EMS, EMS Employee Health Service, and the Fire Department Bureau of Health Service to determine the tuberculin skin test conversion rates. In 1992, all current and new EMS prehospital health care workers without a known history of a positive tuberculin reaction...
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