Riesgo del personal de salud ante el manejo del programa de control de tuberculosis

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a systemic pathology that mainly attacks the respiratory system, it is caused by microorganisms of the Mycobacteriaceae family: M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum, M. microti, M. canettii, M. caprae and M. pinnipedii and it is acquired by air (1). Health personnel, due to the functions they perform and being in direct contact with healthy or sick patients, are at greater risk of catching and transmitting this disease, requiring individualized and comprehensive care for each patient, following what is provided in the guidelines. and protocols, monitoring the cases under the necessary biosafety standards (5). There are several risk factors that are involved in the transmission of tuberculosis to health personnel; being important to have the shortest exposure time, since the first days of treatment there is a greater probability of contagion, other factors that are also highly relevant are: roles or activities of health workers, staff workplaces, differences in ventilation, use or not of isolation measures, personal protection barriers, presence of immunocompromised personnel (1).