2018
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.59
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False-Positive Tuberculin Skin Test Results Among Low-Risk Healthcare Workers Following Implementation of Fifty-Dose Vials of Purified Protein Derivative

Abstract: Following large declines in tuberculosis transmission the United States, large-scale screening programs targeting low-risk healthcare workers are increasingly a source of false-positive results. We report a large cluster of presumed false-positive tuberculin skin test results in healthcare workers following a change to 50-dose vials of Tubersol tuberculin.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:750-752.

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“…These relatively straightforward interventions led to prevention of nosocomial transmission as well as a nearly 10-fold decline in TB exposure episodes and days patients with pulmonary TB were not placed in AII precautions [2]. In the years following implementation of these administrative controls, new TB infections among healthcare workers (HCWs) due to occupational exposures have been extremely rare [3].…”
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“…These relatively straightforward interventions led to prevention of nosocomial transmission as well as a nearly 10-fold decline in TB exposure episodes and days patients with pulmonary TB were not placed in AII precautions [2]. In the years following implementation of these administrative controls, new TB infections among healthcare workers (HCWs) due to occupational exposures have been extremely rare [3].…”
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confidence: 99%