Implementation of tuberculosis infection prevention and control in Mozambican health care facilities

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-49

  Brouwer, M ^a,b   Coelho, E ^c   Das Dores Mosse, C ^c   Van Leth, F ^d  

^a HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b PHTB Consult   (Netherlands)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health facilities; Infection control; Mozambique; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GAS MASK; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY; MOZAMBIQUE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ROOM VENTILATION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN AREA; WARD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTION CONTROL; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MOZAMBIQUE; OUTPATIENTS; TUBERCULOSIS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84918837601     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0337     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. O'Donnell M R, Jarand J, Loveday M, et al. High incidence of hospital admissions with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis among South African health care workers. Ann Intern Med 2010;153:516-522.
2. Corbett E L, Muzangwa J, Chaka K, et al. Nursing and community rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among students in Harare, Zimbabwe. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:317-323.
3. Joshi R, Reingold A L, Menzies D, Pai M. Tuberculosis among health-care workers in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. PLOS MED 2006;3:e494.
4. Gandhi N R, Moll A, Sturm A W, et al. Extensively drugresistant tuberculosis as a cause of death in patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in a rural area of South Africa. Lancet 2006;368:1575-1580.
5. Bock N N, Jensen P A, Miller B, Nardell E. Tuberculosis infection control in resource-limited settings in the era of expanding HIV care and treatment. J Infect Dis 2007;196(Suppl 1):S108-S113.
6. World Health Organization. Policy on TB infection control in health care facilities, congregate settings and households. WHO/HTM/TB/2009.419. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2009.
7. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health care settings, 2005 Atlanta, GA, USA: CDC, 2005. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5417a1.htm Accessed October 2014.
8. Escombe A R, Huaroto L, Ticona E, et al. Tuberculosis transmission risk and infection control in a hospital emergency department in Lima, Peru. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2010;14:1120-1126.
9. Stein A, Makarawo T, Ahmad M F. A survey of doctors' and nurses' knowledge, attitudes and compliance with infection control guidelines in Birmingham teaching hospitals. J Hosp Infect 2003;54:68-73.
10. Robert J, Affolabi D, Awokou F, et al. Assessment of organizational measures to prevent nosocomial tuberculosis in health facilities of 4 sub-Saharan countries in 2010. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013;34:190-195.
11. Claassens M M, van Schalkwyk C, du Toit E, et al. Tuberculosis in healthcare workers and infection control measures at primary healthcare facilities in South Africa. PLOS ONE 2013;8:e76272.
12. Buregyeya E, Nuwaha F, Verver S, et al. Implementation of tuberculosis infection control in health facilities in Mukono and Wakiso districts, Uganda. BMC Infect Dis 2013;13:360.
13. Ministério da Saú de. Direcção Nacional de Saúde Pública, Programa Nacional de Controlo da Tuberculose. Política e Plano nacional de controlo da infecção para a tuberculose em unidades sanitarias e ambientes conglomerados de Moçambique. Maputo, Mozambique: Ministério da Saúde, 2010. http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/guidelines/mozambique.pdf Accessed October 2014. [Portuguese]
14. World Health Organization. Global tuberculosis report 2013. WHO/HTM/TB/2013.11. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2013. http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global-report/en/Accessed October 2014.
15. Farley J E, Tudor C, Mphahlele M, et al. A national infection control evaluation of drug-resistant tuberculosis hospitals in South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2012;16:82-89.
16. Bos J C, Smalbraak L, MacomeA C, Gomes E, van Leth F, Prins J M. TB diagnostic process management of patients in a referral hospital in Mozambique in comparison with the 2007 WHO recommendations for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary TB and extra-pulmonary TB. Int Health 2013;5:302-308.
17. Claassens M M, du Toit E, Dunbar R, et al. Tuberculosis patients in primary care do not start treatment. What role do health system delays play? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2013;17:603-607.
18. Escombe A R, Moore D A J, Gilman R H, et al. The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV. PLOS MED 200;5:e188.
19. Ministério da Saú de, Programa Nacional de Controlo da Tuberculose, Instituto Nacional da Saúde. Manual de baciloscopia da tuberculose. Maputo, Mozambique: Ministério da Saú de, 2012.
20. Escombe A R, Oeser C C, Gilman R H, et al. Natural ventilation for the prevention of airborne contagion. PLOS MED 2007;4:e68.
21. Cox H, Escombe R, McDermid C, et al. Wind-driven roof turbines: a novel way to improve ventilation for TB infection control in health facilities. PLOS ONE 2012;7:e29589.
22. Kanjee Z, Amico K R, Li F, Mbolekwa K, Moll A P, Friedland G H. Tuberculosis infection control in a high drug resistance setting in rural South Africa: Information, motivation, and behavioral skills. J Infect Public Health 2012;5:67-81.
23. Tenna A, Stenehjem E A, Margoles L, Kacha E, Blumberg H M, Kempker R R. Infection control knowledge, attitudes, and practices among healthcare workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013;34:1289-1296.
24. Glasgow R E. What does it mean to be pragmatic? Pragmatic methods, measures, and models to facilitate research translation. Health Educ Behav 2013;40:257-265.