Research Catalog

Title

Tuberculosis in the workplace / Marilyn J. Field, editor ; Committee on Regulating Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Field, Marilyn J. (Marilyn Jane)
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Regulating Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis

Description

xiv, 340 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Tuberculosis > United States
• Medical personnel > Health risk assessment > United States
• Tuberculosis > Prevention > Government policy > United States
• Tuberculosis, Pulmonary > transmission
• Health Personnel
• Infection Control > standards
• Occupational Exposure > standards
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction. Risks to Health Care and Other Workers. Overview of Report. Responses to Resurgent Tuberculosis. The Broader Public Health Context: Eliminating Tuberculosis in the United States and Worldwide -- 2. Basics of Tuberculosis. Transmission and Development of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Active Tuberculosis. Detection and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection. Diagnosis and Treatment of Active Tuberculosis -- 3. Occupational Safety and Health Regulation in Context. Strategies for Reducing Workplace Hazards. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and Its Administration -- 4. Comparison of CDC Guidelines and Proposed OSHA Rule. CDC Guidelines on Preventing Transmission of Tuberculosis in Health Care Facilities. Proposed OSHA Rule on Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis. Comparison of Guidelines and Proposed Rule: Administrative Controls. Comparison of Guidelines and Proposed Rule: Engineering Controls.
• Comparison of Guidelines and Proposed Rule: Personal Respiratory Protections -- 5. Occupational Risk of Tuberculosis. Concepts and Definitions. Historical Perspectives on the Occupational Risk of Tuberculosis. More Recent Information on the Community and Occupational Risk of Tuberculosis -- 6. Implementation and Effects of CDC Guidelines. Implementation of Tuberculosis Control Guidelines. Effects of Implementing Tuberculosis Control Measures -- 7. Regulation and the Future of Tuberculosis in the Workplace. Potential Effects of an OSHA Standard on Occupational Tuberculosis. The Workplace and the Community. App. B. The Tuberculin Skin Test -- App. C. The Occupational Tuberculosis Risk of Health Care Workers -- App. D. Effects of CDC Guidelines on Tuberculosis Control in Health Care Facilities -- App. E. OSHA in a Health Care Context -- App. F. Respiratory Protection and Control of Tuberculosis in Health Care and Other Facilities --
• App. G. Recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Eliminating Tuberculosis in the United States.

ISBN

0309073308

LCCN

2001030369

OCLC

• ocm46343340
• SCSB-4791687

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries