Tuberculosis in the workplace
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TextPublication details: Washington D.C National Academy Press 2001Description: xiv, 340pISBN: - 0-309-07330-8
- WF 405 .F54 2001
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A report on the resurgence of tuberculosis in the US focusing on the risks of occupational exposure for health- care workers. Reviews responses to resurgent TB and proposed strategies for its elimination in the US and worldwide. Provides an overview of TB transmission, infection, and disease and discusses established and proposed federal standards to protect workers from occupational exposure to TB. Considers the effects of existing guidelines for preventing TB exposure in health-care facilities as well as the likely effects of standards proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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