| Document ID (ISN) | 107759 |
| CIS number |
08-83 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0121-9774 - Salud, Trabajo y Ambiente |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo I. |
| Title |
Prevention of occupational risk factors for tuberculosis |
| Original title |
Prevención de riesgos laborales por tuberculosis [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
1st Quarter, 2007, Vol.14, No.51, p.13-18. Illus. 26 ref. |
| Abstract |
The key aspects of the prevention of tuberculosis among workers of health care centres, old-age pensioners' homes and prisons include an early diagnosis, sanitary measures for protecting the work environment and an effective medical supervision programme. Topics addressed in this review article on the prevention of tuberculosis at the workplace: epidemiology of tuberculosis; tuberculosis as an occupational disease; collective protection measures; personal protection measures; medical supervision. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
plant health organization; risk factors; health care personnel; tuberculosis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
occupational hygiene; Spain; contagion; medical treatment; personal protective equipment; medical supervision; epidemiology |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Health care services
Occupational health services
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
|
