Occupational Exposure

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Running Head : TUBERCULOSIS - OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

TUBERCULOSIS - OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

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TUBERCULOSIS - OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

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Figure SEQ Figure \ ARABIC 1 -Tuberculosis

Acid-fast bacillus smear showing characteristic cording in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Figure SEQ Figure \ ARABIC 2 -Tuberculosis . This radiograph shows a patient with typical radiographic findings of tuberculosis

1 . INTRODUCTION

Tuberculosis or TB that stands for tubercle

bacillus is a deadly disease quite common worldwide . According to the World Health Organization , the year 2005 reported 8 .8 million new cases of TB predominantly in Asian countries like Bangladesh , China , India Indonesia , Pakistan and the Philippines . [Media Releases , 2007] It is projected that 20 -30 of the world population is suffering with the virus M tuberculosis . [Herchline , 2007] The infection often associated with poverty working conditions may spread devoid of the gender or age differences , the work area or any close living is a place where the virus is easily transmitted . Pulmonary TB is transferable through an infected person by inhaling the saliva or sputum . Due to ineffectual researches the information available regarding occupational TB is quite inadequate . The health workers prisoners are mostly the targets for conducting research other work areas like offices , old homes , shelters for homeless people , hostels farms etc . are neglected , even though reports of Tuberculosis transmission have occurred there as well [Tuberculosis in the workplace , 2001] According to the Infectious diseases in the workplace-fact sheet , [2005] the BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin ) vaccination is used to immune individuals from the TB virus for up to 15 years . This article discuses the disease pathology , the infection control issues its prevention especially regarding work areas

2 . SUMMARY OF ARTICLE

The article in view is "Tuberculosis " from the Health and Nursing Issues Australia dated 26 November 2007 , illustrating the information regarding the transmission prevention strategies for the infectious disease . It mentions that the new cases of South-East Asia Region are responsible for the 34 of occurrences globally . The article highlights the drug- resistant TB caused by incoherent treatment of TB . MDR-TB or the multi-drug resistant TB is the most dangerous of this class since the TB bacilli becomes immune to the most powerful anti TB drugs e .g isoniazid and rifampicin . The fact that around the world the TB bacilli infect an individual per second , up till now one-third of the world population is currently infected with the virus , whether active or in dormant state

3 . AUSTRALIAN INFECTION CONTROL ISSUES

The Tuberculosis virus is common around the world however for the past 20 years Australia sustains the lowest rates of the infections disease with only an estimation of 1000 cases being recorded every year According to the Australian Infection Control Issue guidelines 2007 following are relevant to the tuberculosis especially in case of the work areas

Basic infection control measures (section 2

Standard precautions [2 .2]

Additional precautions [2 .3]...