| Titre : | Tuberculosis screening among foreign-born persons applying for permanent US residence. (2002) |
| Auteurs : | Mona SARAIYA ; Nancy-J BINKIN ; Robert CASS ; Jennifer COCHRAN ; Susan-T COOKSON ; Noelle HOWLAND ; Kathleen-S MOSER ; Margaret-J OXTOBY ; Edwin-A PAZ ; Shameer POONJA ; Benjamin SILK ; Paul TRIBBLE ; Marva WALTING ; Division of Quarantine. National Center for Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. USA ; San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. San Diego. CA. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 92, n° 5, 2002) |
| Pagination : | 826-829 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Tuberculose ; Bactériose ; Infection ; Homme ; Dépistage ; Recommandation ; Profession santé ; Médecin ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Epidémiologie ; Migrant ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 1L6bjR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study sought to determine adherence of physicians to tuberculosis (TB) screening guidelines among foreign-born persons living in the United States who were applying for permanent residency. Methods. Medical forms of applicants from 5 geographic areas were reviewed, along with information from a national physician database on attending physicians. Applicant and corresponding physician characteristics were compared among those who were and were not correctly screened. Results. Of 5739 applicants eligible for screening via tuberculin skin test, 75% were appropriately screened. Except in San Diego, where 11% of the applicants received no screening, most of the inappropriate screening resulted from the use of chest x-rays as the initial screening tool. Conclusions. Focused physician education and periodic monitoring of adherence to screening guidelines are warranted. |
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