Transmission of &lt;EMPH TYPE="ITAL"&gt;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&lt;/EMPH&gt; From Medical Waste

Johnson, Kammy R.; Braden, Christopher R.; Cairns, K. Lisa; Field, Kim; Colombel, A. Craig; Yang, Zhenhua; Woodley, Charles L.; Morlock, Glenn P.; Weber, Angela; Boudreau, A. Yvonne; Bell, Thomas A.; Onorato, Ida M.; Valway, Sarah E.; Stehr‐Green, Paul A.

doi:10.1001/jama.284.13.1683

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“…Poor management of TB-related waste has been reported as a risk factor for increasing susceptibility to active TB infection (5)(6)(7)(8). Therefore, studies have begun to focus on ways to appropriately manage waste from health care facilities as part of TB control (9,10). Because of the key role patients play in managing TB-related waste, supervision of waste management by patients with TB is also an important component of TB control.…”

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A cross-sectional study of sputum handling by and supervision of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis treated at home in China

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2012

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A cross-sectional study of sputum handling by and supervision of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis treated at home in China

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2012

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“…In addition, clerical errors, such as mislabeling of patient material, can lead to an erroneous diagnosis of tuberculosis. Risk factors known to be associated with the occurrence of laboratory cross-contamination are the viability of the organism despite difficult environmental conditions (15) and the complexity of laboratory techniques, especially batch processing (26) and the use of liquid culture media (5,11,22).…”

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False-Positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cultures in 44 Laboratories in The Netherlands (1993 to 2000): Incidence, Risk Factors, and Consequences

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False-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures are a benchmark for the quality of laboratory processes and patient care. We studied the incidence of false-positive cultures, risk factors, and consequences for patients during the period from 1993 to 2000 in 44 peripheral laboratories in The Netherlands. The national reference laboratory tested 8,889 M. tuberculosis isolates submitted by these laboratories. By definition, a culture was false positive (i) if the DNA fingerprint of the isolate was identical to that of an isolate from another patient processed within 7 days in the same laboratory, (ii) if the isolate was taken from a patient without clinical signs of tuberculosis, and/or (iii) if the false-positive test result was confirmed by the peripheral laboratory and/or the public health tuberculosis officer. We identified 213 false-positive cultures (2.4%). The overall incidence of false-positive cultures decreased over the years, from 3.9% in 1993 to 1.1% in 2000. Laboratories with falsepositive cultures more often processed less than 3,000 samples per year (P < 0.05). Among 110 patients for whom a false-positive culture was identified from 1995 to 1999, we found that for 36% of the patients an official tuberculosis notification had been provided to the appropriate public health services, 31% of the patients were treated, 14% of the patients were hospitalized, and a contact investigation had been initiated for 16% of the patients. The application of DNA fingerprinting to identify false-positive M. tuberculosis cultures and the provision of feedback to peripheral laboratories are useful instruments to improve the quality of laboratory processes and the quality of medical care.

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“…Some have claimed that the handling of health care waste involves additional risks to health, beyond those arising from domestic waste 6,9,12,13,14 . Others, however have denied that there is any difference between the two 15,16,17,18 .…”

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Hepatitis B and C in household and health services solid waste workers

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Transmission of <EMPH TYPE="ITAL">Mycobacterium tuberculosis</EMPH> From Medical Waste

Abstract: Processing contaminated medical waste resulted in transmission of M tuberculosis to at least 1 medical waste treatment facility worker. JAMA. 2000;284:1683-1688.

Cited by 61 publications

References 15 publications

A cross-sectional study of sputum handling by and supervision of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis treated at home in China

A cross-sectional study of sputum handling by and supervision of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis treated at home in China

False-Positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cultures in 44 Laboratories in The Netherlands (1993 to 2000): Incidence, Risk Factors, and Consequences

Hepatitis B and C in household and health services solid waste workers

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