TB: Still the bane of the hospital epidemiologist
Today’s Chicago Tribune tells the story of a pediatrics resident with active tuberculosis who may have exposed over 300 patients to the disease at 3 hospitals in the Chicago area. Given the insidious nature of tuberculosis and the pressure doctors feel to come to work when ill (both externally and internally driven), it’s not so difficult to see how this unfortunate situation could happen.
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