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Does the Implementation of an Interferon-γ Release Assay in Lieu of a Tuberculin Skin Test Increase Acceptance of Preventive Therapy for Latent Tuberculosis Among Healthcare Workers?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rajiv Sahni ,
Cyndee Miranda ,
Belinda Yen-Lieberman ,
J. Walton Tomford ,
Paul Terpeluk ,
Pearl Quartey ,
Lucileia T. Johnson  and
Steven M. Gordon
Rajiv Sahni*
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Cyndee Miranda
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Belinda Yen-Lieberman
Affiliation:
Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Lerner College of Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
J. Walton Tomford
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Paul Terpeluk
Affiliation:
Occupational Health, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Pearl Quartey
Affiliation:
Lerner College of Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Lucileia T. Johnson
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Steven M. Gordon
Affiliation:
Departments of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Lerner College of Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Infectious Diseases, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mailstop S32, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 (sahnir@ccf.org)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 197 - 199
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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