VA Health Care: Tuberculosis Controls Receiving Greater Emphasis at VA Medical Centers
HRD-94-5
Published: Nov 09, 1993. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 1993.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on an outbreak of tuberculosis at the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Medical Center in East Orange, New Jersey, focusing on: (1) the reasons for the outbreak; (2) VA management initiatives to strengthen tuberculosis controls at its medical centers; and (3) whether non-VA hospitals are experiencing similar tuberculosis outbreaks.
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