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dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued1998es_ES
dc.identifier.citation(1998) Protección antituberculosa para el personal de salud. Rev Panam Salud Publica;3(3) -,mar. 1998. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891998000300014&lng=pt&nrm=isoes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891998000300014&lng=pt&nrm=isoes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8987
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;3(3),mar. 1998es_ES
dc.subjectTuberculosept_BR
dc.subjectPessoal de Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectProteção Pessoalpt_BR
dc.subjectRiscos Ocupacionaises_ES
dc.subjectPessoal de Laboratórioes_ES
dc.titleProtección antituberculosa para el personal de saludes_ES
dc.title.alternativeProtection of health care workers against tuberculosises_ES
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesThe rise in tuberculosis (TB) throughout the world, fueled by the pandemic of infection with the human immunedeficiency virus and with multidrug resistant strains of the bacillus, poses a great occupational hazard to health workers. In developing countries, nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis calls for preventive measures that are cost-effective. This article describes time-tested interventions that have helped reduce transmission, including some administrative, diagnostic, therapeutic, and protective measures for the benefit of health workers. Attention is drawn to factors that are associated with the transmission of TB to health personnel, to efficient ways of handling patientes in whom TB is suspected, and to special measures for the protection of laboratory staffen_US


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