Open AccessTuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of US Health Care Personnel
Author(s) -
Wendy Thanassi,
Amy Behrman,
Randall Reves,
Mark Russi,
Melanie D. Swift,
Jon Warkentin,
Ryo Miyakawa,
Donna Hope Wegener,
Lawrence D. Budnick,
Ellen Murray,
Ann Scarpita,
Bobbi Jo Hurst,
Sarah Foster-Chang,
Trini A. Mathew,
MaryAnn Gruden,
Julie Higashi,
T Hudson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1536-5948
pISSN - 1076-2752
DOI - 10.1097/jom.0000000000001904
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , health care , medicine , public health , disease , disease control , family medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , environmental health , nursing , political science , pathology , law
: On May 17, 2019, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Tuberculosis Controllers Association issued new Recommendations for Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of Health Care Personnel, United States, 2019, updating the health care personnel-related sections of the Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005. This companion document offers the collective effort and experience of occupational health, infectious disease, and public health experts from major academic and public health institutions across the United States and expands on each section of the 2019 recommendations to provide clarifications, explanations, and considerations that go beyond the 2019 recommendations to answer questions that may arise and to offer strategies for implementation.