From: Prevalence of positive TST among healthcare workers in high-burden TB setting in Peru
Characteristic (n = 240) | |
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Directly attend patients | |
Yes | 205 (85.4) |
Use of N95 mask (n = 203) | |
Always | 44 (21.7) |
Almost always | 49 (24.1) |
Sometimes | 47 (23.2) |
Never | 63 (31.0) |
Reason for not using N95 mask (n = 63) | |
They are uncomfortable | 11 (17.4) |
Masks not provided by health center | 38 (60.3) |
Does not want to use it | 1 (1.6) |
Other | 15 (23.8) |
TB household contact (n = 72) | |
Yes | 22 (30.5) |
Received IPT because of TB household contact (n = 22) | |
Yes | 5 (22.7) |