Tuberculosis and air travel : guidelines for prevention and control.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : World Health Organization.
- ناشر : Geneva: World Health Organization
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9789241546980
Description
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary and abbreviations -- Summary -- 1. Background information -- 2. Tuberculosis on aircraft -- 3. Practical issues in conducting investigations concerning exposure to M. tuberculosis -- 4. Legal and regulatory issues -- 5. Reducing the risk of exposure to M. tuberculosis on aircraft -- 6. Aircraft ventilation -- 7. Cabin air quality -- 8. Procedures for informing passengers and crew when exposure to M. tuberculosis is suspected -- 8.1. Communication between health authorities and airlines -- 8.2. Criteria for deciding whether to inform passengers and crew -- 8.3. Informing passengers and crew -- 9. Airline employee health -- 10. Recommendations -- Annex 1 : Sample letter from a health authority to an airline company requesting information for contact tracing after possible exposure to M. tuberculosis.
The revised International Health Regulations, adopted in 2005, provide a legal framework for a more effective coordinated international response to emergencies caused by outbreaks of infectious diseases. A number of provisions are relevant to the detection and control of TB during air travel, strengthening the authority of WHO and of national public health authorities in this domain. Because of these important developments since the original guidelines were issued in 1998, WHO has prepared this revised version to take account of current public health risks that may arise during air travel and new approaches to international collaboration in dealing with them. The guidelines were developed with the collaboration of international experts in air travel medicine and other authorities. Implementing the recommendations will help to reduce the spread of dangerous pathogens across the globe and decrease the risk of infection among individual travellers.--Publisher's description.
