Tuberculin testing in hospital staff.

A suevey on the tuberculin test results of hospital staff in Hamedan medical sciences university

Controversies have been reported in recent studies regarding the risk of T.B contamination for hospital personnel.some of the experts consider all of the hospital staff in high risk groupd whill others consider the risk only for hospital staff working in the  wards in which T.B patients are hospitalized.therefore in this study tuberculin test results of hospital clinical staff was compared to t...

County wide tuberculin testing.

During the past 25 years tuberculin testing surveys have been used extensively and effectively in Minnesota’s fight against tuberculosis. The program started in the schools. S. A. Slater, Southwestern Minnesota Sanatorium, Worthington reported testing 1,654 rural children in 1924. The idea spread slowly at first but soon gained momentum. Now hundreds of communities in this state have routine ye...

Tuberculin Skin Testing in Children

In 1996, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended targeted tuberculin skin testing (TST) of children while discouraging routine TST of children without risk factors for tuberculosis (TB). Recent studies have provided evidence in support of the targeted TST and recommendations that favor risk assessment over universal screening with TST. While evidence for targeted TB testing exists ...

Tuberculin testing of the aged.

The advent of antimicrobial drugs has brought the significance of the tuberculin test in sharp focus. This test determines the magnitude of the tuberculosis problem in groups of people since it readily detects those who are harboring tubercle bacilli. Evidence is accumulating which suggests that the clinical tuberculosis of the future will occur largely in those now infected. Only the tuberculi...

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