ReviewPresse medicale (Paris, France : 1983)2017
Agents of change: The role of healthcare workers in the prevention of nosocomial and occupational tuberculosis.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence for tuberculosis detection from cough sounds: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2026Pooled it
- Waiting to inhale: factors associated with healthcare workers' fears of occupationally-acquired tuberculosis (TB).BMC infectious diseases · 2019Trial
- Strategies for Tuberculosis Prevention in Healthcare Settings: A Narrative Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Review
- Between Process Gaps, Knowledge, and Patient Trust: Healthcare Workers' Insights on Implementing Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy for People with HIV in the Philippines and Indonesia.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
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- Systematizing Information Use to Address Determinants of Health Worker Health in South Africa: A Cross-sectional Mixed Method Study.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
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- The prevalence and risk factors for tuberculosis among healthcare workers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.PloS one · 2023Article
- The experiences and challenges of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change programming in Africa: a scoping review.Global health action · 2022Article
- Health worker experiences of implementing TB infection prevention and control: A qualitative evidence synthesis to inform implementation recommendations.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Why health system diagnosis delay among tuberculosis patients in Illubabor, Oromia region, South West Ethiopia? A qualitative study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Determinants of latent tuberculosis infection among nurses at public health centers in Indonesia.Belitung nursing journal · 2022Article
- Occupational Risk of AirborneInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Health Care-Acquired Infections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and the Role of Infection Prevention and Control.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2021Review
- Reducing the risk of tuberculosis transmission for HCWs in high incidence settings.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2021Review
- Tuberculous appendicitis: A review of reported cases over the past 10 years.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2021Review
- Protecting Surgical Patient Safety During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2021Article
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- Preventing Occupational Tuberculosis in Health Workers: An Analysis of State Responsibilities and Worker Rights in Mozambique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Work-Related Tuberculosis among Health Workers Employed in a Tertiary Hospital in Northeastern Thailand: A Report of Nine Cases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Healthcare workers (HCWs) play a central role in global tuberculosis (TB) elimination efforts but their contributions are undermined by occupational TB. HCWs have higher rates of latent and active TB than the general population due to persistent occupational TB exposure, particularly in settings where there is a high prevalence of undiagnosed TB in healthcare facilities and TB infection control (TB-IC) programmes are absent or poorly implemented. Occupational health programmes in high TB burden settings are often weak or non-existent and thus data that record the extent of the increased risk of occupational TB globally are scarce. HCWs represent a limited resource in high TB burden settings and occupational TB can lead to workforce attrition. Stigma plays a role in delayed diagnosis, poor treatment outcomes and impaired well-being in HCWs who develop TB. Ensuring the prioritization and implementation of TB-IC interventions and occupational health programmes, which include robust monitoring and evaluation, is critical to reduce nosocomial TB transmission to patients and HCWs. The provision of preventive therapy for HCWs with latent TB infection (LTBI) can also prevent progression to active TB. Unlike other patient groups, HCWs are in a unique position to serve as agents of change to raise awareness, advocate for necessary resource allocation and implement TB-IC interventions, with appropriate support from dedicated TB-IC officers at the facility and national TB programme level. Students and community health workers (CHWs) must be engaged and involved in these efforts. Nosocomial TB transmission is an urgent public health problem and adopting rights-based approaches can be helpful. However, these efforts cannot succeed without increased political will, supportive legal frameworks and financial investments to support HCWs in efforts to decrease TB transmission.
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