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Tuberculosis Surveillance of Hospital Personnel
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1981Tuberculosis continues to present a problem of exposure for both patients and personnel in the general hospital. While not frequent, it is not uncommon and often is initially unsuspected, resulting in significant delay in diagnosis and the possibility of many potential contacts. We have reviewed our experience with tuberculosis surveillance at the Ohio
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An Outbreak of Rubella among Hospital Personnel
New England Journal of Medicine, 1980An outbreak of 47 cases of rubella occurred among hospital personnel in a large medical-surgical hospital. As a result, one pregnancy was terminated and 475 employee workdays were lost. Epidemiologic investigation of the outbreak suggested a common source; a dietary worker was identified as the probable index case. Serum samples of 12 per cent of women
P. C. Degirolami +3 more
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Rubella Immunization of Hospital Personnel: A Debate
Infection Control, 1981In recent months several advisory groups have issued recommendations urging hospitals to undertake comprehensive rubella control programs. The primary impetus for these suggestions has been the recognition that, despite a declining rubella incidence in the general population, pregnant women still are being exposed to this infection in hospitals.In 1979
William Schaffner, Martin E. Evans
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Staphylococcal Infections among Hospital Personnel
The American Journal of Nursing, 1958HE world-wide incidence of hospital acquired, antibiotic resistant, hemolytic staphylococcal infections is now an established fact. The principal efforts to control the problem have been directed toward the treatment of the infections which have occurred in medical and surgical patients.
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS B IN HOSPITAL PERSONNEL
American Journal of Epidemiology, 1975To identify occupational categories and work areas of possible risk for acquisition of nosocomial hepatitis B by hospital personnel, serologic sampling for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBSAg) and antibody (anti-HBS) by radioimmunoassay was carried out in 513 employees of a large metropolitan hospital serving predominantly indigent patients.
Hannah M. Webster +3 more
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Measles Susceptibility of Hospital Personnel
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1993The article by Schwarcz and colleagues 1 is a timely reminder that routine measles susceptibility testing or vaccination should be considered for health care workers. In particular, the use of age criteria for predicted measles immunity may be suboptimal and we would like to present data supporting this conclusion.
Evra Smith, Victor K. Wong
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Prevalence of Measles Antibodies in Hospital Personnel
Infection Control, 1986AbstractA community outbreak of measles prompted a serologic survey of personnel in a hospital serving that community. Two hundred sixty-six personnel, primarily physicians (129) and nurses (100), voluntarily participated. Serum specimens were initially tested by the immunofluorescent antibody and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (EIA) methods ...
Diane Weil, Paul M. Arnow, Teresa Chou
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Tuberculosis Epidemic Among Hospital Personnel
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1989AbstractSix employees of the emergency department at Parkland Memorial Hospital developed active tuberculosis in 1983-1984. Five of the cases occurred four to 12 months after exposure to the index case, a patient with severe cavitary tuberculosis seen in the emergency department in April 1983.
Lois Rossi +5 more
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Successful Hospital Personnel Scheduling
Interfaces, 1978The practice of Management Science involves the search for a solution, or improvement, to a particular problem. All too often, though, Management Science is taken to be the application of sophisticated Management Science tools. This paper describes a situation in which a nonquantitative person with a problem, three students of Management Science, and
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OCCUPATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS IN HOSPITAL AND SANATORIUM PERSONNEL
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1951It is a well recognized fact that tuberculosis is not a respecter of persons in any walk of life. It may attack a person of any race or occupation any time from birth until death. There are racial, occupational and environmental differences of susceptibility, tissue reaction and resistance, involving basic and complicated formulas in biometrics, which ...
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