OCCUPATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS IN RAZYAN REGION OVER A 30-YEAR PERIOD
The objective of the study: a retrospective study of occupational tuberculosis cases in Ryazan Region. Subjects and methods. The data of all health care workers with occupational tuberculosis (137 people) in Ryazan Region from 1978 to 2016 were analyzed. Results. From 1995 to 2008, the epidemic situation was highly unfavorable with a high frequency of occupational tuberculosis in health care workers in Razyan and Razyan Region, when every year from 3 to 15 workers developed tuberculosis, and the incidence reached 230.7 per 100,000 medical workers (2001). From 2011 to 2016, there were very few cases of the occupational disease, in 2015, there were no such cases at all. Among medical doctors, who developed occupational tuberculosis, 50% was TB doctors and 26% was doctors of Forensic Medicine Bureau. One of the positive aspects was the timely detection of tuberculosis in health care workers (in 98.6% of cases).