| Title |
A retrospective review of a tertiary Hospital’s isolation and de-isolation policy for suspected pulmonary tuberculosis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12879-014-0547-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shirin Kalimuddin, Jeanne MM Tan, Ban Hock Tan, Jenny GH Low |
| Abstract |
Effective protocols for the isolation and de-isolation of patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are essential determinants of health-care costs. Early de-isolation needs to be balanced with the need to prevent nosocomial transmission of PTB. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficiency of our hospital's current protocol for isolating and de-isolating patients with suspected PTB, in particular assessing the timeliness to de-isolation of patients with AFB smear negative respiratory samples. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 36 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 34% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 13% |
| Engineering | 2 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 13 | 34% |
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