Measures how many health-care workers and students have latent tuberculosis infection
Checks health-care workers and students aged 18 to 72 for latent tuberculosis infection.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health-care Workers and Students
Key facts
- Where
- Roma, ItalySee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 72 years old?
Source: NCT05756582, who can take part
Where in Italy
- UOSD Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCSRoma, ItalyTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Eleonora Nucera
- Trial code
- NCT05756582
- Record updated
- 13 February 2024
- Original description
This study is a cross-sectional study that examines the prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [LTBI], defined as individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis with no clinical evidence of disease, and the possible risk factors of LTBI in a large cohort of health care workers (HCWs) and students.Read full original descriptionShow less
Cross-sectional Study on Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health-care Workers and Students. A GENERATOR Infrastructure.
This study is a cross-sectional study that examines the prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [LTBI], defined as individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis with no clinical evidence of disease, and the possible risk factors of LTBI in a large cohort of health care workers (HCWs) and students.
Inclusion: all health-care workers of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS in Rome,; all students of all three-year and single-cycle degree courses, master's degree courses, graduate schools of the faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome, trained at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS,; written informed consent.
Exclusion: denied informed consent.