Tuberculosis among health care workers in a Brazilian tertiary hospital emergency unit

Abstract The Brazilian emergency system is being reorganized as a hierarchy in the region of Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo. We found increased occupational risk for tuberculosis in this region tertiary reference center—a nurse technician (Incidence rate [IR] 526.3/100 000 inhabitants) had a ris...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of emergency medicine 2008-09, Vol.26 (7), p.796-798
Hauptverfasser:	Pazin-Filho, Antonio, PhD, MD, Soares, Clésio Sousa, da Silva Nascimento Ferrais, Aracele, de Tarso Oliveira e Castro, Paulo, Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando, de Almeida Nogueira, Jordana, Passos, Afonso Dinis Costa
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Brazil - epidemiology Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration Disease Emergency Emergency medical care Emergency Nursing Emergency preparedness HIV Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Hypotheses Incidence Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - statistics & numerical data Intensive care medicine Medical personnel Medical sciences Patients Public health Risk Factors Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - mortality Tuberculosis - transmission Workers
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract The Brazilian emergency system is being reorganized as a hierarchy in the region of Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo. We found increased occupational risk for tuberculosis in this region tertiary reference center—a nurse technician (Incidence rate [IR] 526.3/100 000 inhabitants) had a risk of tuberculosis 12.6 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.57-37.23) greater than the city population (41.8/100 000 inhabitants). The system reorganization will have to make the centers adequate to deal with this problem.
ISSN:	0735-6757 1532-8171
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajem.2007.10.022