Open AccessPulmonary tuberculosis in a South African regional emergency centre: Can infection control be improved to lower the risk of nosocomial transmission?
Author(s) -
Helen Casey,
Anne Smith,
Lucy Parker,
Matthew Dipper,
Trevor Gould
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
south african medical journal = suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samjnew.7813
George Regional Hospital (GRH) is a 272-bed regional referral hospital for the Eden and Central Karoo districts, Western Cape Province, South Africa. The perception among emergency centre (EC) staff is that a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) is being diagnosed and that infection control procedures are currently lacking, leading to a high risk of nosocomial transmission.
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