NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Contract HHS-100–00–0008). The views presented are those of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Regulating Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis and are not necessarily those of the funding organization.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Tuberculosis in the workplace/Marilyn J.Field, editor; Committee on Regulating Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Tuberculosis—United States. 2. Medical personnel—Health risk assessment—United States. 3. Tuberculosis—Prevention—Government policy—United States. I. Field, Marilyn J, (Marilyn Jane) II. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Regulating Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis.

RC313.A2 .T83 2001

614.5′42′0973–dc21

2001030369

Cover image: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Copyright Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.