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Table 3 TB control at the university hospitals before and after the intervention

From: Improving detection and notification of tuberculosis cases in students in Shaanxi province, China: an intervention study

 

Before

After

 

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

 

N = 5

N = 7

N = 5

N = 7

Number of hospitals with TB control program in place

2

2

2

6

Staff specifically assigned for TB control

1

1

1

7

System for reporting and referring TB suspects to CDC in place

0

0

0

7

Register for referral of TB suspects in place

0

0

0

7

Doctor appointed as responsible for contact with CDC and for referral.

0

0

0

7

Hospital doctors trained on TB disease and control

0

1

0

7

Health education activities organized by hospital doctors in campus*

1

2

0

7

  1. * During the two study periods excluding the first month, i.e. Feb-July 2007 and Sep 2007-Jan 2008.
  2. Note: N stands for the number of university hospitals. Two universities in the intervention group have two hospitals.