SAN DIEGO - Cal-OSHA is trying to draft a tuberculosis control standard that will protect prison guards, hospital employees and others in high risk occupations. 1993 data compiled by the TB Control Branch of the state Department of Health Services (DHS) showed a number of infected inmates, but the Los Angeles reporting jurisdiction was not included, the unit's Joan Sprinton told COR.She said there were 102 diagnosed cases of TB in state prisons in 1993, 71 in county jails, four in juvenile detenti
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