A "Stone in the Pond" Approach to Contact Tracing: Responding to a Large-Scale, Nosocomial Tuberculosis Exposure in a Moderate TB-Burden Setting

A "Stone in the Pond" Approach to Contact Tracing: Responding to a Large-Scale, Nosocomial Tuberculosis Exposure in a Moderate TB-Burden Setting

A "stone in the pond" strategy is a practical approach to investigating large-scale nosocomial tuberculosis (TB) exposures. Here, we describe such a risk-stratified approach to contact tracing after a TB exposure that occurred over 5 months in a pediatric inpatient ward in a country with a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2017-12, Vol.38 (12), p.1509-1511
Hauptverfasser: Bagdasarian, N, Chan, H C, Ang, S, Isa, M S, Chan, S M, Fisher, D A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Community Health Workers
Contact Tracing
Conversion
Disease
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Immunization
Infant
Infections
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Medical personnel
Nosocomial infection
Nursing
Patients
Pediatrics
Ponds
Singapore
Tuberculin Test
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - transmission
Ventilation
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Zusammenfassung:A "stone in the pond" strategy is a practical approach to investigating large-scale nosocomial tuberculosis (TB) exposures. Here, we describe such a risk-stratified approach to contact tracing after a TB exposure that occurred over 5 months in a pediatric inpatient ward in a country with a moderate TB burden. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1509-1511.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2017.228