Implementation of tuberculosis infection control in health facilities in Mukono and Wakiso districts, Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Buregyeya, Esther ^a   Nuwaha, Fred ^a   Verver, Suzanne ^b   Criel, Bart ^c   Colebunders, Robert ^c,d   Wanyenze, Rhoda ^a   Kalyango, Joan N ^a   Katamba, Achilles ^a   Mitchell, Ellen M H ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barriers; Health care workers; Health facilities; Implementation; TB infection control; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 84880951780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-360     Document Type: Article

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