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Agents of change: The role of healthcare workers in the prevention of nosocomia...
Nathavitharana, RR; Bond, P; Dramowski, A; Kotze, K; Lederer, P; Oxley, I; Peters, JA; Rossouw, C; van der Westhuizen, HM; Willems, B; Ting, TXHealthcare workers (HCWs) play a central role in global tuberculosis (TB) elimination efforts but their contributions are undermined by occupational TB. HCWs have higher rates of latent and active TB than the general population due to persistent occupational TB exposure, particularly in settings where there is a high prevalence of undiagnosed TB in healthcare facilities and TB infection control (TB-IC) programm...
Date: 2017
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Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto