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6421202

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
Annual routine chest x-ray examinations have been recommended for many years for tuberculin skin test-positive hospital employees who have not received chemoprophylaxis. To examine the case-finding effectiveness of this policy in a university teaching hospital, employee health records covering an 18-year period were reviewed. Pulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed in four employees during that time period. None of the patients were identified through the routine annual chest x-ray examination. In the study institution the policy requiring routine annual chest x-ray examinations for tuberculin-positive hospital employees who had not received preventive therapy was rescinded. Currently, the first chest x-ray examination is required at the time of skin test conversion, the second 1 year after conversion, and the third 2 years after conversion. Health teaching and counseling regarding the symptoms of tuberculosis have been initiated for tuberculin-positive hospital employees.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0196-6553
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
212-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-8-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Ineffectiveness of annual chest roentgenograms in tuberculin skin test-positive hospital employees.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article