Risk of Tuberculosis Infection in Hospital Workers: A Discussion / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To discuss the risk of tuberculosis infection in a general hospital workers.METHODS In a cross-sectional survey,we studied purified protein derivative(PPD) test in exposure group and control group.(RESULTS) The positive rate of PPD test in the hospital workers was 84.1%,significantly higher than that in(controls)(52.1%,P0.05).The positive PPD in workers of respiratory(department) was 2.95 times higher than in those of other departments.CONCLUSIONS The(environment) of(hospital) is special.Tuberculosis infection threatens the health of hospital workers.So we suggest that hospital workers(improve) self-protective consciousness and actively prevent tuberculosis infection,especially for(internes) and(physicians) with negative PPD.