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Auteur     P R Grime
Auteur     C Jeffs
Auteur     H Gabr M Sayed
Auteur     P Mackenzie
Auteur     M C I Lipman
Résumé     BACKGROUND: (UK) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence tuberculosis (TB) guidance (2006) recommends that occupational health services send annual TB symptom reminders to staff at increased risk of occupational TB exposure. AIMS: To evaluate the effectiveness of annual TB symptom reminders. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of returns from 4 years’ annual TB symptom reminders compared with numbers of hospital staff diagnosed with active TB in the same time period. RESULTS: There were 405 responses to symptom reminders received during the period studied that represented a response rate of 16%. None of the respondents declared TB symptoms. Twelve staff were diagnosed with active TB over the same period. From their work location, only two of these would have received TB symptom reminders according to local TB policy. CONCLUSIONS: Annual TB symptom reminders as currently used result in little direct benefit.
Publication     Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England)
Date     Apr 27, 2011