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Compliance with the isolation policy was measured by identifying room locations 24 hours after admission of patients who had\n                      <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      recovered from respiratory specimens.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0195941700092675_abs6\">\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The TST conversion rate decreased from 5.8 to 0, 2.3, and 0 per 100 person years of exposure in successive 6-month periods. The estimated annual TST conversion rate among interns fell from 7 per 100 person years in June 1992 to 0 per 100 person years in June 1993 and 0 per 100 person years in June 1994 (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =.029). The proportion of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who were isolated in negative-pressure rooms increased from 38% to 75% over the study period (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =.01).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0195941700092675_abs7\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Development of a multifaceted infection control program can decrease the risk of nosocomial tuberculosis infection in medical house staff.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1086\/647673","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,9,16]],"date-time":"2009-09-16T14:11:02Z","timestamp":1253110262000},"page":"566-570","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Reduction in Tuberculin Skin-Test Conversions Among Medical House Staff Associated with Improved Tuberculosis Infection Control Practices"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"David R.","family":"Bangsberg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kathleen","family":"Crowley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Moss","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of California-San Francisco"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jay F.","family":"Dobkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carlton","family":"McGregor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Harold C.","family":"Neu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0195941700092675_bib023","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"320","DOI":"10.1097\/00043764-199403000-00009","article-title":"Occupationally acquired tuberculosis: what's known","volume":"36","author":"Bowden","year":"1994","journal-title":"JOM"},{"key":"S0195941700092675_bib009","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"191","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-117-3-191","article-title":"Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis","volume":"117","author":"Pearson","year":"1992","journal-title":"Ann Intern Med"},{"key":"S0195941700092675_bib002","volume-title":"Tuberculosis in NYC, 1991","year":"1991"},{"key":"S0195941700092675_bib010","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199206043262302"},{"key":"S0195941700092675_bib001","first-page":"1","article-title":"Tuberculosis control laws\u2014United States; 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