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apologies for the poor spelling but the internet here is erratic and difficult to control at the moment!! S Prof Shaheen Mehtar MBBS, FRC Path (UK), FCPath (Micro) (SA), MD (Eng) Chair Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN) Extraordinary Professor Div…

By Sytze Keizer on 27 Jan 2013 1 Recommendations 10 Replies

Implementing TB Infection Control in Outpatient Settings - CDC video download

Thank you Warm regards On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 5:23 PM, GHDonline (S. Mehtar) wrote: > S. Mehtar replied to the discussion "Implementing TB Infection Control in > Outpatient Settings - CDC video download" in the TB Infection Control >…

By Sophie Beauvais on 09 Aug 2012 1 Recommendations 20 Replies

Trainings at the CoE Kigali, Rwanda

Thanks for the valuable information ________________________________ From: GHDonline (Amos Kutwa) To: Lynn Tamba Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 2:43 PM Subject: [TB Infection Control] Trainings at the CoE Kigali,…

By Amos Kutwa on 04 Jun 2012 1 Recommendations 1 Replies

TB ward renovations

How do one apply for this? I will apprecitae if the flyer is sent to me. My organization has renovated 3 DR-TB treatment wards and 3 BSL3 TB Culture laboratories. I think this training will be relavant to our engineers and the Ministry of health engineers.…

By Daniel Chandler on 24 Apr 2012 1 Recommendations 9 Replies

Issues and threats of Tuberculosis in Nepal

Great discussion. After 6 years of working in tuberculosis treatment in India, we at Operation ASHA have found the exact same issues here, particularly MDR & XDR-TB. In India, the eCompliance biometric initiative is turning a lot of heads for reliably…

By Amrit Banstola on 14 Apr 2012 1 Recommendations 6 Replies

Wet disinfection of TB hospital floor

I fully support Dr Mahtar I this regard. Afia Zafar IC chair Aga Khan University Karachi ----- Original Message ----- From: GHDonline (S. Mehtar) [mailto:] Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 02:06 PM To: afia.zafar Subject: Re: [TB Infection…

By Alexandru Buga on 12 Apr 2012 1 Recommendations 18 Replies

MDR TB Isolation

Dear Shanta: Please e-mail me at . Regards, Paul J -------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry . . . Please excuse my fumbling thumbs! ----- Original Message ----- From: GHDonline (Dr Shanta Ghatak) [mailto:] Sent:…

By Doug Lindberg on 24 Mar 2012 1 Recommendations 11 Replies

Room air cleaners

Fine dust particles collect on the glass surface of the lamp. The thickness of the dust layer depends on the environmental conditions in which the lamp is installed. In rural and industrial areas it will collect more and quicker than in cleaner…

By Anna Maruta on 08 Feb 2012 4 Recommendations 47 Replies

Harvard's 2012 Airborne Infection Control Program: Apply Today

Dear Anna and Shaheen Thanks for the information Martha

By Maryanne Kirby on 17 Jan 2012 1 Recommendations 12 Replies

Vladimir Oblast TB Infection Control Project

Hi Grigory, I enjoyed the meeting with you at the Borstel course about Tb. I was in the end of 70. years working in Borstel to become a pulmonologist and in addition performing research work with animals infected with atypical mycobacteriae to study new…

By Grigory Volchenkov, MD on 27 Oct 2008 1 Recommendations 1 Replies
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To improve and disseminate best practices for TB infection control, members draw on a diversity of backgrounds, including engineering, architecture, administration and medicine. Experts answer questions and practitioners share strategies for effective TB infection control.

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