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Tuberculosis among workers at a university hospital in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro from 2005 to june 2011
Tubercolose entre trabalhadores de um hospital universitário no municipio de Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro entre 2005 a junho de 2011
Tubercolosis entre los trabajadores de un hospital universitario an Niterói, Rio de Janeiro de 2005 a junio de 2011
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Abstract Objective: To describe the number of tuberculosis cases among employees of a university hospital in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, from 2004 to June 2011. Methods: This is a descriptive retrospective study, conducted from data obtained in the files of compulsory notification of employees. Results: 10 reco... view more
Objective: To describe the number of tuberculosis cases among employees of a university hospital in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, from 2004 to June 2011. Methods: This is a descriptive retrospective study, conducted from data obtained in the files of compulsory notification of employees. Results: 10 records were found of reported cases of TB in the period 2004 to 2011, with eight male employees, the average ages were 53 years old of professional standard deviation of 7.8 and compared to the average length of service was 21 years with a standard deviation of 9.2. Conclusion: there was an improvement in reported cases of tuberculosis, but we cannot guarantee this fact only to the implementation of the TB program at the University Hospital, but also to cases of probable subnotifications because even the stigma of tuberculosis.... view less
Keywords
health professionals; contagious disease; epidemiology; Brazil; Latin America; South America
Classification
Medical Sociology
Free Keywords
Tuberkulose
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 3567-3571
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5 (2013) 2
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed