Factors influencing health care workers' adherence to work site tuberculosis screening and treatment policies

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 456-461

  Joseph, Heather A ^a,g   Shrestha Kuwahara, Robin ^a   Lowry, Diane ^a   Lambert, Lauren A ^a   Panlilio, Adelisa L ^b   Raucher, Beth G ^c   Holcombe, James M ^d   Poujade, Jan ^e   Rasmussen, Diane M ^f   Wilce, Maureen ^a  

^a Division of Tuberculosis Elimination   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Mississippi State Dept of Health   (United States)

^e MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^f St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 9644281223     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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