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Multicenter Study
. 2009:100 Suppl 1:55-8.

[Tuberculosis risk assessment in Italian healthcare centres]

[Article in Italian]
V Puro  1 , Loredana Bellocchi, Stefania Bertoldo, A Bressan, Elettra Checchi, D Chatrian, GiuliaCheraz, Silvana Cinalli, Marinella Daglio, Tiziana Feletti, Federica Ferraro, M Goletti, Marina Greci, P Marchese, M Marchesotti, E Mineo, Irene Pandiani, R Polato, Roberta Pussini, Maddalena Quintili, Oriella Renzi, Marina Scarsella, Manuela Serva, G Simonini, M Signori, Gabriella Spurio, M Strosselli, Marta Ursini
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Multicenter Study

[Tuberculosis risk assessment in Italian healthcare centres]

[Article in Italian]
V Puro et al. Med Lav. 2009.

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis transmission is a significant hazard in healthcare settings.

Methods: Risk factors suggested by CDC guidelines in 1994, which were adopted by the Italian Ministry of Health, were assessed in 29 centres via questionnaires in 2005.

Results: Few centers were equipped with negative pressure, respiratory isolation rooms. Half of the centres had high or ongoing risk.

Conclusions: The hazard is underestimated mostly because of a high number of initially undiagnosed TB patients.

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