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Improving Treatment Completion for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Healthcare Workers

This book describes the procedures used in the Fast Track program, a program of the Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center of Harlem Hospital that provides treatment for health care workers with latent TB infection, and delineates methods that may be useful for other institutions to develop similar programs.

Author:

Coley, J., Charles P Felton National Tuberculosis Center, Charles P Felton National Tuberculosis Center

Topic:

Training, Program Evaluation, Treatment Guidelines Materials, Infection Control, Treatment - Latent TB infection (Inactive TB), Program Management

Country of Origin:

United States

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