Tuberculosis as an occupational disease: based on health care centers in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorAbakay, Abdurrahman
dc.contributor.authorTanrikulu, Abdullah Cetin
dc.contributor.authorAbakay, Ozlem
dc.contributor.authorSen, Hadice Selimoglu
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:39:59Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:39:59Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of contamination. Preventive measures simultaneously implemented in hospitals have reduced the risk of nosocomial transmission of M. tuberculosis. It was aimed to determine the tuberculosis (TB) risk of HCWs working in hospitals and Tuberculosis Control Dispensaries (TCDs). Material and Methods: The records of HCWs worked in five hospitals and four TCDs in Diyarbakir were reviewed retrospectively. Clinical data belong to HCWs diagnosed TB were recorded. Results: TB was determined in 36 HCWs. Disease rate was a mean of 74/100.000 and relative risk was 2.5 times higher than population. In health care centers (HCCs) providing smear positive pulmonary TB treatment, disease rate was 176/100.000 and relative risk was 6 times higher; in HCCs not providing smear positive pulmonary TB treatment, disease rate was 66/100.000 and relative risk was 2.2 times higher. It was determined that most of the precautions that should be implemented for preventing transmission was missed in HCCs providing smear positive pulmonary TB. Conclusion: It was determined that TB risk of HCWs working in HCCs included in the study especially in the centers providing smear positive pulmonary TB treatment was increased. It was suggested that a steady educational program for HCWs and implementing the other preventive measures could be effective to decrease the increased risk.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1564en_US
dc.identifier.issn1840-2291
dc.identifier.issn1986-8103
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84855369601
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage1558en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/21503
dc.identifier.volume5en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000298663500027
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDrunpp-Sarajevoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofHealthmed
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectHealth Care Workersen_US
dc.subjectPreventive Measuresen_US
dc.titleTuberculosis as an occupational disease: based on health care centers in Turkeyen_US
dc.titleTuberculosis as an occupational disease: based on health care centers in Turkey
dc.typeArticleen_US

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