Tuberculosis morbidity rates were analyzed in the staff of antituberculosis dispensaries and institutions of the general therapeutical network. There were 74 cases of tuberculosis among the medical workers in 1993-1996. The sociomedical characteristics of the medical staff suffering from tuberculosis are given. The findings show it necessary to refer tuberculosis to a group of hospital-acquired infections and to implement a package of prophylactic measures to reduce tuberculosis morbidity rates among medical workers, as well as to timely detect patients with tuberculosis at general hospitals. Measures for preventing tuberculosis are proposed for the personnel of therapeutical institutions.

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