SynthesisPloS one2015
Tuberculosis transmission from healthcare workers to patients and co-workers: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
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- Effectiveness of interventions for reducing TB incidence in countries with low TB incidence: a systematic review of reviews.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2019Pooled it
- Seven-year surveillance of latent tuberculosis infection using interferon-gamma release assay among health workers at a large tertiary hospital in Thailand.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Analysis of factors influencing high infectivity in patients with tuberculosis using clinical and imaging methods.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Prevalence, perception of risk and mycobacterium tuberculosis control practices among healthcare workers in HIV care and treatment centres in North Central Nigeria.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Risk of tuberculosis transmission by children to healthcare workers - a comprehensive review.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2023Review
- Risk of tuberculosis transmission by healthcare workers to children - a comprehensive review.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2023Review
- Examining pulmonary TB patient management and healthcare workers exposures in two public tertiary care hospitals, Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Stigma against tuberculosis may hinder non-household contact investigation: a qualitative study in Thailand.Public health action · 2019Article
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- BCG and New Preventive Tuberculosis Vaccines: Implications for Healthcare Workers.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2016Article
- Regular Sputum Check-Up for Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis after Exposure in Healthcare Facilities.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of becoming infected with tuberculosis (TB), and potentially of being infectious themselves when they are ill. To assess the magnitude of healthcare-associated TB (HCA-TB) transmission from HCWs to patients and colleagues, we searched three electronic databases up to February 2014 to select primary studies on HCA-TB incidents in which a HCW was the index case and possibly exposed patients and co-workers were screened.We identified 34 studies out of 2,714 citations. In 29 individual investigations, active TB was diagnosed in 3/6,080 (0.05%) infants, 18/3,167 (0.57%) children, 1/3,600 (0.03%) adult patients and 0/2,407 HCWs. The quantitative analysis of 28 individual reports showed that combined proportions of active TB among exposed individuals were: 0.11% (95% CI 0.04-0.21) for infants, 0.38% (95% CI 0.01-1.60) for children, 0.09% (95% CI 0.02-0.22) for adults and 0.00% (95% CI 0.00-0.38) for HCWs. Combined proportions of individuals who acquired TB infection were: 0.57% (95% CI 7.28E-03 - 2.02) for infants, 0.9% (95% CI 0.40-1.60) for children, 4.32% (95% CI 1.43-8.67) for adults and 2.62% (95% CI 1.05-4.88) for HCWs. The risk of TB transmission from HCWs appears to be lower than that recorded in other settings or in the healthcare setting when the index case is not a HCW. To provide a firm evidence base for the screening strategies, more and better information is needed on the infectivity of the source cases, the actual exposure level of screened contacts, and the environmental characteristics of the healthcare setting.
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