What is it about?

PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS (PTB) SURVEILLANCE IS VITAL POST COVID-19 ERA. HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE POTENTIAL PTB PATIENTS AND RESERVOIRS FOR MYCOBACTERIUM COMPLEX. SCREENING, VACCINATION AND TREATMENT OF HCWs INTERMITTENTLY CAN HELP ERADICATE MYCOBACTERIUM COMPLEX AND MAKE THE WORLD FREE OF PTB.

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Why is it important?

THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THIS STUDY IS THAT PTB POLICY IS POORLY IMPLEMENTED OR DISREGARDED IN HOSPITAL IN MOST COUNTRIES, AFRICAN COUNTRIES INCLUDED.

Perspectives

THERE IS NEED TO INVOLVE PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIANS AND WORKERS IN SURVEILLANCE OF POTENTIAL HOSPITAL ACQUIRED DISEASES WITH MORE EMPHASIS ON INFECTIOUS OR TRANSMITTABLE DISEASES

CORNELIUS OGU
University of Nigeria

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This page is a summary of: Tuberculin Skin Test Reactivity among Health Care Workers in the Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba South-east Nigeria, The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, July 2024, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/0118742793270091240126112157.
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