Screening employees of services for homeless individuals in Montréal for tuberculosis infection

Highlights ► We assessed the occupational risk of occult transmission in employees of services for homeless people in Montréal. ► Although relatively small, the level of risk observed is higher than the average health worker. ► This initiative highlighted the difficulties in achieving compliance for...

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Published in:	Journal of infection and public health Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 209 - 215
Main Authors:	Isler, M.A, Rivest, P, Mason, J, Brassard, P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01-06-2013 Elsevier
Subjects:	Administrative Personnel Adult Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Cohort Studies Disease Transmission, Infectious - statistics & numerical data Female Homeless Homeless Persons Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Internal Medicine Male Medical sciences Occupational Diseases - diagnosis Occupational Exposure - analysis Occupational Exposure - statistics & numerical data Occupational transmission Prevalence Quebec - epidemiology Risk Factors Screening Social Welfare Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - transmission Quebec Screening Occupational transmission Homeless Tuberculosis Human Prevalence Transmission Exploration Mycobacterial infection Medical screening Epidemiology Incidence Infection Employee Risk factor Bacteriosis Booster effect Skin test
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Summary:	Highlights ► We assessed the occupational risk of occult transmission in employees of services for homeless people in Montréal. ► Although relatively small, the level of risk observed is higher than the average health worker. ► This initiative highlighted the difficulties in achieving compliance for periodic screenings and follow-ups.
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ISSN:	1876-0341 1876-035X
DOI:	10.1016/j.jiph.2012.11.010