Feasibility of district wide screening of health care workers for tuberculosis in Zambia

• প্রধান লেখক: Suzanne Verver (লেখক), Nathan Kapata (লেখক), Mathildah Kakungu Simpungwe (লেখক), Seraphine Kaminsa (লেখক), Mavis Mwale (লেখক), Chitambeya Mukwangole (লেখক), Bernard Sichinga (লেখক), Sevim Ahmedov (লেখক), Max Meis (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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Abstract Background Many health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends screening HCWs for TB in high burden settings but this is often not implemented in countries with a high TB incidence. We assessed the feasibility of TB scr...