Tuberculin skin test conversions and occupational exposure risk in US healthcare workers
Clinical Infectious Diseases Feb 22, 2018
Dobler CC, et al. - The risk of tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion and the risk of occupational tuberculosis infection were examined among Healthcare workers (HCWs) in a setting with a low background tuberculosis incidence. Findings showed an extremely low risk of occupational tuberculosis exposure among TST converters and no resulting active tuberculosis cases. In this setting, they recommended considering the approach of testing HCWs at baseline and after tuberculosis exposure, rather than at regular intervals.
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