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Healthcare Worker Knowledge of Measurement and Documentation of Tuberculin Skin Test Reaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Scott H. James ,
Juan A. Dumois III ,
Allison F. Messina ,
Jay L. Gould  and
David M. Berman
Scott H. James*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Juan A. Dumois III
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida
Allison F. Messina
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida
Jay L. Gould
Affiliation:
Quality Resources Department, All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida
David M. Berman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CHB 308, 1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233-1711 (sjames@peds.uab.edu)
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Abstract

A cross-sectional survey of 210 healthcare workers at a pediatric teaching hospital was performed to assess knowledge of published guidelines for proper measurement and documentation of tuberculin skin test Results. We conclude that many healthcare workers have inadequate knowledge for optimal measurement and documentation of tuberculin skin test results.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 12 , December 2009 , pp. 1230 - 1232
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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