MJ is a janitor working in an office building for the past 5 years. He sustained a third-degree burn with a secondary infection and was sent to the county hospital. He was diagnosed with leprosy. The employees in the office building were concerned with the risk of transmission. This article reviews leprosy, and implications for occupational health nurses are discussed.
BT - Workplace health & safety C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28486035?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1177/2165079917697994 J2 - Workplace Health Saf LA - eng N2 -MJ is a janitor working in an office building for the past 5 years. He sustained a third-degree burn with a secondary infection and was sent to the county hospital. He was diagnosed with leprosy. The employees in the office building were concerned with the risk of transmission. This article reviews leprosy, and implications for occupational health nurses are discussed.
PY - 2017 T2 - Workplace health & safety TI - An Employee With Undiagnosed Leprosy: Are Other Employees at Risk? SN - 2165-0969 ER -