Costs of a contact screening activity in a neonatal intensive care unit
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Costs of a contact screening activity in a neonatal intensive care unit.
InMarch 2011, a medical officer working in a metropolitan New South Wales (NSW) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).Hehad immigrated toAustralia froma high-incidence country 2 years earlier with negative pre-immigration screening. Occupational TB screening prior to commencing employment at the hospital, conducted in line with NSW Health poli...
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عنوان ژورنال: New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1034-7674
DOI: 10.1071/nb12108