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Abstract

Updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for tuberculosis (TB) screening of U.S. health care personnel may change practice.

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tuberculosis screening health care personnel

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References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Tuberculosis (TB). https://www.cdc.gov/tb/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). TB screening and testing of health care personnel. https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/testing/healthcareworkers.htm

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