Pulmonary tuberculosis: An analysis of isolation practices and clinical risk factors in a tertiary hospital

Thiruvengadam, Srivathsan; Giudicatti, L.; Maghami, S Ghaem; Farah, Hussein; Waring, Justin; Waterer, Grant; Perera, Kumaraweerage Ruad Herman

doi:10.1016/j.ijtb.2018.04.013

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“…India has a high load of nosocomial tuberculosis which is one of the most deadly airborne diseases with occurrences of community spread. Healthcare facilities in Delhi are crowded and need additional care to prevent nosocomial airborne spread of tuberculosis and other diseases that spread through the airborne route [ 9 - 12 ]. The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 infection through the airborne route has also increased the risk in the waiting halls of these spaces.…”

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The Risk Status of Waiting Areas for Airborne Infection Control in Delhi Hospitals

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2022

Cureus

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Background Hospital waiting areas are overlooked from the airborne infection control viewpoint as they are not classified as critical for infection control. This is the area where undiagnosed and potentially infected patients gather with susceptible and vulnerable patients, and there is no mechanism to segregate the two, especially when the potentially infected visitors/patients themselves are unaware of the infection or may be asymptomatic. It is important to know whether hospitals in Delhi, a populated, low-resource setting having community transmission/occurrence of airborne diseases such as tuberculosis, consider waiting areas as critical. Hence, this study aims to determine whether hospitals in Delhi consider waiting areas as critical areas from the airborne infection control viewpoint. Methodology The Right to Information Act, 2005, was used to request information from 11 hospitals included in this study. Results After compiling the results, it was found that five out of the 11 hospitals did not consider waiting areas as critical from the infection spread point of view. Two of the 11 hospitals acknowledged the criticality of waiting areas but did not include the same in the list of critical areas. Only three out of the 11 considered waiting areas as critical and included these in the list of critical areas in a hospital. Conclusions This study provided evidence that most hospitals in Delhi do not include waiting areas in the list of critical areas in a hospital.

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The Risk Status of Waiting Areas for Airborne Infection Control in Delhi Hospitals

Singh¹

2022

Cureus

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Pulmonary tuberculosis: An analysis of isolation practices and clinical risk factors in a tertiary hospital

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The Risk Status of Waiting Areas for Airborne Infection Control in Delhi Hospitals

The Risk Status of Waiting Areas for Airborne Infection Control in Delhi Hospitals

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