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Hospitals take aim at TB exposure

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<dc:creator>Johnson, Elaine</dc:creator>
<dc:date>1995-11-01</dc:date>
<dc:description xml:lang="es">Sumario: The resurgence of TB caught public-health experts by surprise. The number of cases increased by 20 percent between 1985 and 1992. It had been years since TB sanitariums disappeared from the landscape; the battle against this ancient disease was considered won. Infection with mycobacterium tuberculosis occurs when a susceptible person inhales airbone particles that carry the disease, and these particles reach the alveoli of the lungs. Once in the alveoli, the organisms spread throughout the body. The risk of exposure to the disease increases in a hospital environment. Patients with TB often must undergo cough-inducing procedures, in which they expel infectious particles into the air. Since these patients are confined to small rooms, the concentration of organisms can build up, which puts healthcare workers at even greater risk</dc:description>
<dc:identifier>https://documentacion.fundacionmapfre.org/documentacion/publico/es/bib/49478.do</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:rights xml:lang="es">InC - http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</dc:rights>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Tuberculosis</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Medicina laboral</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Enfermedades profesionales</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Enfermedades pulmonares</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Enfermedades infecciosas</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Riesgo laboral</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Centros sanitarios</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Personal sanitario</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Medicina preventiva</dc:subject>
<dc:type xml:lang="es">Artículos y capítulos</dc:type>
<dc:title xml:lang="es">Hospitals take aim at TB exposure</dc:title>
<dc:title xml:lang="es">Título: Safety & health</dc:title>
<dc:relation xml:lang="es">En: Safety & health. - Itasca. - Vol. 152, nº 5, november 1995 ; p. 56-61</dc:relation>
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