American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 796-798, September 2008

Tuberculosis among health care workers in a Brazilian tertiary hospital emergency unit

  • Antonio Pazin-Filho, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Clínica Médica, FMRP-USP, Endereço: Centro de Estudos de Emergências em Saúde - CEES, 14015-030 Ribeirão Preto – SP, Brazil.
    • ,
  • Clésio Sousa Soares

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Aracele da Silva Nascimento Ferrais

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Paulo de Tarso Oliveira e Castro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Jordana de Almeida Nogueira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Nursing and Administration. Federal University of Paraíba
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  • Afonso Dinis Costa Passos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Received 12 August 2007; received in revised form 24 September 2007; accepted 23 October 2007.

Abstract 

The Brazilian emergency system is being reorganized as a hierarchy in the region of Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo. We found increased occupational risk for tuberculosis in this region tertiary reference center—a nurse technician (Incidence rate [IR] 526.3/100000 inhabitants) had a risk of tuberculosis 12.6 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.57-37.23) greater than the city population (41.8/100000 inhabitants). The system reorganization will have to make the centers adequate to deal with this problem.

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PII: S0735-6757(07)00700-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2007.10.022

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 796-798, September 2008

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