From: Tuberculosis in healthcare workers – a narrative review from a German perspective
Category A | Category B | Category C | Category D |
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Activity, Area | |||
TB ward, specialist lung clinic, specialist lung doctors, micro-biology laboratories that examine sputum | Bronchoscopies, laryngoscopy, emergency intubation, post mortems, work in infection wards, emergency services, A & E, geriatrics and geriatric care*, looking after at-risk groups, deployment abroad in areas with a high incidence | General hospitals | All other health service and welfare work |
General practitioners | |||
Dental practices | |||
Easing of burden of proof | |||
Yes, index not necessary | Yes, index not necessary | No, index necessary, exceptions are possible | Index necessary |
Reasons | |||
Infection risk due to particular patients or materials | Infection risk proven by epidemiological studies | Infection risk insufficiently proven by epidemiological studies. Index may be dispensed with if there are several patients with open TB in the work area. | Infection risk not proven by epidemiological studies |