Prioritizing simple administrative measures to ensure appropriate tuberculosis infection control
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Prioritizing simple administrative measures to ensure appropriate tuberculosis infection control
Results “WHO Policy on TB-IC in Health-Care Facilities, Congregate Settings and Households” (2009) recommended the implementation of a set of measures (administrative, personal protection, environmental). Since, WHO and other partners have been engaged in a series of actions, including Regional/National trainings of hundreds of professionals and Technical Assistance to countries. A new indicato...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Proceedings
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s6-p41