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TB Cases and Health Care Approach

Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis . This disease is estimated to infect at least one third of the world 's population based on the report of the World Health Organization (WHO , 2000

All health care personnel who come in contact with patients infected with tuberculosis have a risk for contracting the disease . Nursing professionals , in particular , are not spared

In lieu of this apparent threat of nursing professionals becoming infected with tuberculosis , several studies were conducted to prove whether or

not the risk is real and to determine what measures can be done to avoid contracting the disease

Lopes , et al (2008 ) conducted a study entitled risk among nursing professionals from central brazil ' The purpose of their study was to evaluate the occupational risk for TB infection in nursing professionals employed at an infectious disease referral center in Central Brazil The target population consisted of all nursing professionals who were currently working in the said referral center

Initially , in the first phase of the study , the sample size consisted of 233 nursing professionals and among these only 128 nursing professionals met the inclusion criteria and were found to be eligible The method of the collection of data in this particular study was done through face to face interviews with the subjects . Questions with regards to their jobs such as their nursing category and their length of practice were asked . Other questions asked were with regards to the exposure or any...