Loyola Phoenix: Nursing students volunteer for TB skin test study
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Loyola Phoenix: Nursing students volunteer for TB skin test study
Description
This article covers 120 nursing students' participation in a tuberculosis skin test.
"One hundred and twenty students from the School of Nursing have volunteered to participate in a Tuberculin skin test study, jointly sponsored by epidemiologists from the University of Illinois and the Loyola University School of Nursing.
The objective of the study [is] to observe skin test reactions in health care personnel who have been tested with several strains of bacteria similar to the one causing tuberculosis infection.
The first phase of the study was implemented February 4th and 7th, when a series of four skin tests was administered to volunteer students.
The second phase of the study will occur March 4th to 7th, when volunteers will again be tested, this time with only one antigen. The skin tests will be administered March 4 in Damen Hall, Room 526, 10:30 to 1:30 an will be read on March 7, also in Damen Hall, Room 526 from 10:30 to 1:30.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial disease most commonl seen as pulmonary or lung TB. While TB was a serious health problem in the U.S. at the turn of the century, the availability of highly effective chemotherapy in the form of orally administered drugs has reduced both the severity of the disease and its occurance in the general population. Clinical signs of TB may include fatigue, weight loss, persistant cough, hoarseness, slightly elevated body temperature and chest pain."
"One hundred and twenty students from the School of Nursing have volunteered to participate in a Tuberculin skin test study, jointly sponsored by epidemiologists from the University of Illinois and the Loyola University School of Nursing.
The objective of the study [is] to observe skin test reactions in health care personnel who have been tested with several strains of bacteria similar to the one causing tuberculosis infection.
The first phase of the study was implemented February 4th and 7th, when a series of four skin tests was administered to volunteer students.
The second phase of the study will occur March 4th to 7th, when volunteers will again be tested, this time with only one antigen. The skin tests will be administered March 4 in Damen Hall, Room 526, 10:30 to 1:30 an will be read on March 7, also in Damen Hall, Room 526 from 10:30 to 1:30.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic bacterial disease most commonl seen as pulmonary or lung TB. While TB was a serious health problem in the U.S. at the turn of the century, the availability of highly effective chemotherapy in the form of orally administered drugs has reduced both the severity of the disease and its occurance in the general population. Clinical signs of TB may include fatigue, weight loss, persistant cough, hoarseness, slightly elevated body temperature and chest pain."
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
1977-02-25
File name
Loyola Phoenix, 1977-02-25, page 3, "Nursing students volunteer for TB skin test study"
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Source
University Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Phoenix, 1977-02-25, page 3, "Nursing students volunteer for TB skin test study"
Subject
Loyola University Chicago
Tuberculosis
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Contact the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, archive@luc.edu, for permission to copy or publish.
