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14679478

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
Current infection control guidelines for tuberculosis focus first on administrative interventions to promptly identify and isolate a known or suspected infectious case. Environmental control measures come next, and finally personal respiratory protection is recommended as a final strategy to prevent transmission. However, both environmental controls and the use of personal respiratory protection are also focused on known or suspected cases, and certain high-risk procedures. There is little focus on general medical areas where unsuspected cases are believed to transmit their infection before they become suspected cases. This review makes the case for increased attention to such areas as general medical wards, clinics, and waiting areas. Administrative controls are needed to improve detection and to reduce the possibility of transmission to high-risk groups. Improved air disinfection through general ventilation, filtration, and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation are needed as ways to address this overlooked source of transmission.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0882-0546
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
307-19
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Environmental infection control of tuberculosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Harvard School of Medicine, School of Public Health, and the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. enardell@pih.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Review