SOCIO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS AMONG WORKERS OF MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS
https://doi.org/10.21292/2075-1230-2018-96-4-27-31
Abstract
Every year, a significant number of healthcare workers fall ill with tuberculosis in the Kyrgyz Republic. During the investigated period (2011-2016), 80.8% of all new tuberculosis cases among healthcare workers were registered among nurses, paramedical personnel, and caregivers. Whereby, during the whole period, the part of those who developed tuberculosis in general medical services made 92.8%, while in TB units it was 7.2%.
About the Author
G. M. Abdylaeva
National Phthisiology Center
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Head of Out-Patient Diagnostic Department, Phthisiologist of the Superior Merit, Chief Visiting Phthisiologist
90a, Akhunbaeva St., Bishkek, 720020
Phone/Fax: +7 (0312) 57-09-25; +7 (0312) 57-09-28
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Abdylaeva G.M. SOCIO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS AMONG WORKERS OF MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS. Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. 2018;96(4):28-31. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21292/2075-1230-2018-96-4-27-31
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