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Tuberculosis in the Workplace
Agency for International Development, 312
AIDS, see HIV
Airflow, see Ventilation
Alcohol abuse, 35 , 244
Ambulatory care facilities, 81 , 95 , 103 , 121 , 212
CDC guidelines, 58 , 109 , 129 , 252
American Academy of Pediatrics, 175
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aged, 175
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 122
American College of Chest Physicians, 57
American College of Occupational Medicine, 176
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 115–116 , 174
American Hospital Association, 63 , 111 , 175 , 253
American Indians, 87 , 197
American Nurses Association, 175
American Public Health Association, 175
American Society for Microbiology, 175
American Thoracic Society (ATS), 13 (n.1), 35 , 57 , 58 , 121 , 153 , 176
Annual risk of infection (ARI), 193–194 , 195–201 , 203–205 , 210 , 213 , 215
Aplisol, 180
Arkansas, 102
Asians/Pacific Islanders, 87 , 197 , 214 , 215
Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, 63 , 242 , 243 , 257
Atlanta, Georgia, 99 , 124–126 , 197 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 236–237 , 247–248 , 300
Attitudes, 43
complacency, 137–138
isolation of patients, psychological factors, 39–40
patient treatment preferences, 35 , 144
stigma, 32 , 144
workers, 44
Attorneys, 208
Autopsies, 26 , 85 , 95 , 98 , 149 , 212
see also Medical examiners
B
Barnhart, Scott, 293–308
Bass, John, 179–188
Bathrooms in isolation rooms, 251 , 257
BCG vaccination, 33 , 126 , 128 , 130 , 183 , 202 , 219 , 220
Black persons, 87 , 196 , 197 , 204 , 210 , 215 , 219 , 220 , 244
Blueprint for Tuberculosis Vaccine Development, 311
Body weight, see Weight factors
Bone, 27 , 28
Boostering phenomenon, 33 , 185–187
Boston, Massachusetts, 211 , 214
Bovine tuberculosis, 24
BCG vaccine, 33 , 126 , 128 , 130 , 183 , 202 , 219 , 220
Brain, 27 , 28
Britain, see United Kingdom
Bronchoscopy, 94 , 95 , 106 , 121 , 130 (n.6), 131 , 145 , 149 , 190 , 201 , 215 , 243 , 263
Bureau of Mines, 45
Bureau of Prisons, 114
Burris, J.D., 271–292
Byssinosis, 285
C
Cadavers, see Autopsies;
Funeral homes;
Medical examiners
California, 6 , 15 , 20 , 99–100 , 118–119 , 175 , 201 , 215 , 256
Canada, 130 (n.6)
Cancer, 28 , 39 , 208 , 299
Case law, see Litigation
Case management, 11 , 72–74 , 154 , 309 , 310
see also Clinical practice guidelines
directly observed therapy, 17 , 22 , 35 , 41 , 82 , 119 , 132 , 139 , 153
multidisciplinary, 41
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 309 , 310 , 311 , 312
active tuberculosis defined, 83
control practices, surveys, 110–115
epidemiology, 6 , 86–92 , 311
hospital studies, 91–92 , 96 , 110–113 , 114 , 214
immigrant causing outbreak, 95–96
international collaboration, 312
latent tuberculosis defined, 13 (n.1)
mortality reports, 86–91 , 92 , 96 , 153
outbreak reports, 8 , 20 , 37 , 91 , 95–96 , 119–121 , 123–131 , 133–136 , 141 , 145 , 230 , 231–245 , 261 , 262 , 302
prevalence reports, 86–92 , 96 , 152 , 153