Abakay, AbdurrahmanTanrikulu, Abdullah CetinAbakay, OzlemSen, Hadice Selimoglu2024-04-242024-04-2420111840-22911986-8103https://hdl.handle.net/11468/21503Background: 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.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessTuberculosisHealth Care WorkersPreventive MeasuresArticle5615581564WOS:0002986635000272-s2.0-84855369601N/AQ4