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Protecting the healthcare workforce during COVID-19: a qualitative needs assessment of employee occupational health in the US national Veterans Health Administration by Brown-Johnson, Cati, McCaa, Matthew D, Giannitrapani, Susan, Singer, Sara J, Lorenz, Karl A, Yano, Elizabeth M, Thanassi, Wendy T, DeShields, Cheyenne, Giannitrapani, Karleen F

“…ObjectiveEarly in the COVID-19 pandemic, US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employee occupational health (EOH) providers were tasked with assuming a…”
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Qualitative interview study of strategies to support healthcare personnel mental health through an occupational health lens by Brown-Johnson, Cati, DeShields, Cheyenne, McCaa, Matthew, Connell, Natalie, Giannitrapani, Susan N, Thanassi, Wendy, Yano, Elizabeth M, Singer, Sara J, Lorenz, Karl A, Giannitrapani, Karleen

“…BackgroundEmployee Occupational Health (‘occupational health’) clinicians have expansive perspectives of the experience of healthcare personnel. Integrating…”
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Cumulative Faults with Serial Testing for Latent Tuberculosis in Low-Risk Populations by Thanassi, Wendy T, Buchta, William G

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SS52-03 VACCINATION AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) ISSUES AND MANDATES FOR HEALTH WORKERS: A PERSPECTIVE ON TUBERCULOSIS by Thanassi, Wendy

“…Abstract Introduction The reservoir of active tuberculosis infection is latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI). This reservoir can be denuded by…”
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Delineating a Retesting Zone Using Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis on Serial QuantiFERON Tuberculosis Test Results in US Healthcare Workers by Thanassi, Wendy, Noda, Art, Hernandez, Beatriz, Newell, Jeffery, Terpeluk, Paul, Marder, David, Yesavage, Jerome A.

“…Objective. To find a statistically significant separation point for the QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube (QFT) interferon gamma release assay that could define an…”
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Tension Pneumoperitoneum by Lin, Brian W., MD, Thanassi, Wendy, MD

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Fever, Abdominal Pain, and Leukopenia in a 13-Year-Old: A Case-Based Review of Meningococcemia by Hsia, Renee Yuen-Jan, MD, MSC, Wang, Ewen, MD, Thanassi, Wendy T., MD

“…Abstract The presenting symptoms of meningococcemia are protean, and the illness is rapidly progressive and often fatal, making it simultaneously one of the…”
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Promising Strategies to Support COVID-19 Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel: Qualitative Insights from the VHA National Implementation by Giannitrapani, Karleen F., Brown-Johnson, Cati, Connell, Natalie B., Yano, Elizabeth M., Singer, Sara J., Giannitrapani, Susan N., Thanassi, Wendy, Lorenz, Karl A.

“…Background In August 2021, up to 30% of Americans were uncertain about taking the COVID-19 vaccine, including some healthcare personnel (HCP). Objective Our…”
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Negative Tuberculin Skin Test and Prediction of Reversion of QuantiFERON Interferon Gamma Release Assay in US Healthcare Workers by Thanassi, Wendy, Noda, Art, Hernandez, Beatriz, Friedman, Leah, Dorman, Susan, Yesavage, Jerome

“…QuantiFERON tuberculosis tests (QFT) reverted in (612) 77% of 1,094 low-risk healthcare workers (HCW) testing less than 1.16 IU/mL. Of HCW testing greater than…”
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Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of US Health Care Personnel: ACOEM and NTCA Joint Task Force on Implementation of the 2019 MMWR Recommendations by Thanassi, Wendy, Behrman, Amy J, Reves, Randall, Russi, Mark, Swift, Melanie, Warkentin, Jon, Miyakawa, Ryo, Wegener, Donna, Budnick, Lawrence, Murray, Ellen, Scarpita, Ann, Hurst, Bobbi Jo, Foster-Chang, Sarah, Mathew, Trini, Gruden, MaryAnn, Higashi, Julie, Hudson, Thomas Warner

“…On May 17, 2019, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Tuberculosis Controllers Association issued new Recommendations for…”
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Tuberculosis screening, testing, and treatment of U.S. health care personnel: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2019 by Sosa, Lynn E., Njie, Gibril J., Lobato, Mark N., Morris, Sapna Bamrah, Buchta, William, Casey, Megan L., Goswami, Neela D., Gruden, MaryAnn, Hurst, Bobbi Jo, Khan, Amera R., Kuhar, David T., Lewinsohn, David M., Mathew, Trini A., Mazurek, Gerald H., Reves, Randall, Paulos, Lisa, Thanassi, Wendy, Will, Lorna, Belknap, Robert

“…This article presents updated recommendations for screening health care workers for tuberculosis, including eliminating serial screening in the absence of…”
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Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2019 by Sosa, Lynn E., Njie, Gibril J., Lobato, Mark N., Morris, Sapna Bamrah, Buchta, William, Casey, Megan L., Goswami, Neela D., Gruden, MaryAnn, Hurst, Bobbi Jo, Khan, Amera R., Kuhar, David T., Lewinsohn, David M., Mathew, Trini A., Mazurek, Gerald H., Reves, Randall, Paulos, Lisa, Thanassi, Wendy, Will, Lorna, Belknap, Robert

“…The 2005 CDC guidelines for preventing Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in health care settings include recommendations for baseline tuberculosis (TB)…”
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Immunizations for international travelers by Thanassi, W T

“…Each year more than 45 million Americans travel abroad for work or pleasure, and over 20 million of these travel to rural areas or developing countries. While…”
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Use of Shortened Regimen for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients of the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 2012–2015 by Morris, Sapna, Nwana, Nwabunie, Schirmer, Patricia, Thanassi, Wendy, Bedimo, Roger, Lucero-Obusan, Cynthia, Yost, David

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A Summary of Meeting Proceedings on Addressing Variability around the Cut Point in Serial Interferon-γ Release Assay Testing by Daley, Charles L., Reves, Randall R., Beard, Melodie A., Boyle, Jeffrey, Clark, Richard B., Beebe, James L., Catanzaro, Antonino, Chen, Lisa, Desmond, Edward, Dorman, Susan E., Hudson, T. Warner, Lardizabal, Alfred A., Kapoor, Hema, Marder, David C., Miranda, Cyndee, Narita, Masahiro, Reichman, Lee, Schwab, Dale, Seaworth, Barbara J., Terpeluk, Paul, Thanassi, Wendy, Kawamura, L. Masae

“…On June 13, 2012, a group of key stakeholders, leaders, and national experts on tuberculosis (TB), occupational health, and laboratory science met in Atlanta,…”
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The Lyme disease vaccine : Conception, development, and implementation by THANASSI, W. T, SCHOEN, R. T

“…In the past 20 years, remarkable strides have been made toward understanding and preventing Lyme disease in humans. In December 1998, the U.S. Food and Drug…”
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Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2019 by Sosa, Lynn E, Njie, Gibril J, Lobato, Mark N, Morris, Sapna Bamrah, Buchta, William, Casey, Megan L, Goswami, Neela D, Gruden, MaryAnn, Hurst, Bobbi Jo, Khan, Amera R, Kuhar, David T, Lewinsohn, David M, Mathew, Trini A, Mazurek, Gerald H, Reves, Randall, Paulos, Lisa, Thanassi, Wendy, Will, Lorna, Belknap, Robert

“…Since 1991, U.S. tuberculosis (TB) rates have declined, including among health care personnel (HCP). Serial TB testing has limitations in populations at low…”
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Immunizations and travel by Thanassi, W T, Weiss, E L

“…Determining the appropriate immunizations for international travelers is a complex, multifaceted process. This article proposes a stepwise and systematic…”
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Wildlife of East Africa by Thanassi, Wendy

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