Tuberculosis in Healthcare Workers and Infection Control Measures at Primary Healthcare Facilities in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Claassens, Mareli M ^a,d   van Schalkwyk, Cari ^a   du Toit, Elizabeth ^a   Roest, Eline ^a   Lombard, Carl J ^a,b   Enarson, Donald A ^a,c   Beyers, Nulda ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84884859734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076272     Document Type: Article

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