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000000934 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/M4XG9P6D
000000934 037__ $$aETD
000000934 245__ $$aAn evaluation of the QuantiFERON© Gold tuberculosis-screening test for employees at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center
000000934 260__ $$bOregon Health and Science University
000000934 269__ $$a2013-06-01
000000934 336__ $$aThesis
000000934 502__ $$bM.P.H.
000000934 502__ $$gPublic Health
000000934 520__ $$aThe tuberculin skin test (TST) has been the traditional method of testing for the presence of latent TB infection (LTBI) in HCW in low incidence countries.  The TST is subject to bias and errors in placement and reading, and repeated exposure to the antigen in the purified protein derivative may boost future responses to repeat TST.   The TST must be read 48-72 hours after intradermal injection, problematic because of low subject compliance for follow-up.  To reduce the prevalence of such testing errors, over the past eight years, healthcare institutions in low-incidence countries have employed an alternative to the TST for HCW, a blood test that uses an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA).
000000934 650__ $$aDelivery of Health Care$$017452
000000934 650__ $$aInterferon-gamma Release Tests$$039576
000000934 650__ $$aTuberculin Test$$027468
000000934 650__ $$aLatent Tuberculosis$$038534
000000934 650__ $$aVeterans Health$$039070
000000934 650__ $$aTuberculosis$$027470
000000934 651__ $$aOregon--Portland$$041692
000000934 691__ $$aSchool of Medicine$$041369
000000934 692__ $$aDepartment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine$$041444
000000934 7001_ $$aRay, Kimberly$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354
000000934 7201_ $$aWinthrop, Kevin$$uOregon Health and Science University$$041354$$7Personal$$eAdvisor$$eMentor
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000000934 909CO $$ooai:digitalcollections.ohsu.edu:934$$pstudent-work
000000934 980__ $$aTheses and Dissertations