TY - JOUR T1 - Tuberculosis prevention in healthcare workers in China 10 years after the severe acute respiratory syndrome pandemic JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00015-2015 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 00015-2015 AU - Yunfeng Deng AU - Yan Li AU - Fengtian Wang AU - Dachuan Gao AU - Liang Li AU - Larry D. Teeter AU - Edward A. Graviss AU - Xin Ma Y1 - 2015/05/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/1/1/00015-2015.abstract N2 - China has the world's second largest tuberculosis (TB) burden after India [1]. Healthcare workers (HCWs) in China's National TB Control Programme have a significantly increased level of exposure to TB disease and patients. After the severe acute respiratory syndrome pandemic in 2003, the Chinese government made increased efforts to protect HCWs from nosocomial TB infections and other respiratory infectious diseases, especially for those HCWs working in chest hospitals and infectious disease hospitals. These efforts (although not universal throughout China) included the increased use of biosafety level 3 (BSL3) laboratories and respiratory isolation through negative pressure wards and rooms, and the practice of standardised biosafety protocols and procedures through continued training and education.BSL3 and respiratory isolation wards protect healthcare workers from nosocomial TB infection in China http://ow.ly/PGvSl ER -