A national infection control evaluation of drug-resistant tuberculosis hospitals in South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-89

  Farley, Jason E ^a   Tudor, C ^a   Mphahlele, M ^b   Franz, K ^a   Perrin, N A ^c   Dorman, S ^d   Van Der Walt, M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection control; MDR TB; South Africa; XDR TB

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STAFF TRAINING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555220650     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0791     Document Type: Article

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