Pilot study to detect airborne Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure in a South African public healthcare facility outpatient clinic

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 192-196

  Matuka, O ^a,b   Singh, T S ^a,b   Bryce, E ^d   Yassi, A ^e   Kgasha, O ^a   Zungu, M ^a,c   Kyaw, K ^a   Malotle, M ^a   Renton, K ^a   O'Hara, L ^e  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Healthcare workers; Infection prevention and control; Occupational exposure; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODS; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT PROJECTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84925096124     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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