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    Factibilidad de una aplicación móvil para el monitoreo de contactos de tuberculosis multidrogorresistente en Perú
    (National Institute of Health of Peru, 2021) Rhiannon Allen; María Calderón; David Moore; Katherine M. Gaskell; Maricela Curisinche-Rojas; Sonia López
    This study aimed to validate an ODK digital mobile application (ODK-DMA) in contacts exposed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Lima, Peru. Using a questionnaire in an application on a mobile device, we registered 129 household contacts of 29 index cases of MDR-TB under treatment in 10 health facilities in South Lima in August 2018. The mean time of registration per contact was found to be 4 minutes. The prevalence of active TB symptoms among MDR-TB contacts was 3.1%. An acceptability questionnaire was completed by 31 respondents; all reported feeling comfortable or very comfortable with recording their data in the ODK-DMA, although 10% expressed concerns about confidentiality. We concluded that the ODK-DMA was a feasible and acceptable tool for registering household contacts exposed to cases with MDR-TB. Future studies should consider the use of mobile platforms for the monitoring of MDR-TB contacts.
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    Quantitative Fit Testing on Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Use by Peruvian Healthcare Workers Caring for Tuberculosis Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: PROFIT Study 2020
    (2023) Jorge Inolopú; Kevin Jesús Mayma-Aguirre; Maricela Curisinche-Rojas; Rula Aylas; Juan A. Flores; Jaime Rosales‐Rimache
    Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has promoted a shortage of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and the emergence of new FFRs brands. We aimed to determine the fit provided by in-use FFRs in Peruvian healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We enrolled 279 HCWs from 37 primary healthcare centers with highest burden of care for TB in Peru, of which 263 were assessed using quantitative fit tests (QNFT). Results were expressed as real-time fit factor (rt-FF) and overall fit factor (overall-FF), which was categorized as ≥100 (optimal result), 50-99, and <50. Results: We identified 3M 1860 FFRs (33.1%), Xiantao Zhong Yi ZYB-11 FFRs (24.7%) and Makrite 9500 FFRs (20.5%), mainly. Eighty-seven HCWs (33.1%) had an optimal overall-FF, 27 (10.3%) between 50-99, and 149 (56.7%) less than 50. Of the 87 HCWs with optimal over-all-FF, 73 (83.9%) were 3M 1860 FFR. Of the 27 participants with overall-FF between 50-99, 7 (25.9%) were Makrite 9500, while of the 149 with overall-FF less than 50, 58 (38.9%), and 47 (31.5%) were Xiantao Zhong Yi ZYB-11 and Makrite 9500, respectively. Conclusion: The Xiantao Zhong Yi and Makrite FFRs do not adapt adequately to the face of Peruvian HCWs, most having fit factors less than 50.