Markowitz S B
Division of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.
Occup Med. 1994 Oct-Dec;9(4):589-608.
The author explores factors such as poor environmental, hygienic, and infection controls for the excessive conversion rates found among health care workers in numerous studies. In his in-depth discussion, Dr. Markowitz reviews the role of outbreak investigations, surveillance studies, and current epidemiologic studies in efforts to control the hazard of airborne tuberculosis in the workplace.
作者探讨了诸多因素,比如环境、卫生和感染控制不佳,这些因素导致众多研究中发现医护人员的转化率过高。在他的深入讨论中,马克维茨博士回顾了疫情调查、监测研究以及当前流行病学研究在控制工作场所空气传播结核病危害方面所起的作用。