Introduction:

health workers (TS) are vulnerable to tuberculosis infection. To this it is added the lack of knowledge of respiratory protection measures among TS, which can increase the individual risk of acquiring tuberculosis in health institutions.

Objective:

to describe the production of scientific literature in scientific databases about respiratory protection measures for tuberculosis infection during the period 2012 - 2018.

Content synthesis:

integrative review through: formulation of the research question, data collection, evaluation, analysis and interpretation of data, and presentation of results. 45 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The predominant characteristics of the studies were: year 2017 with the largest number of publications, in the continent of Africa, the methodology of quasi-experimental quantitative study. The characteristics of the N95 respirator and surgical mask, the knowledge, attitudes and practice of respiratory protection measures and educational programs were identified in the studies.

Conclusions:

it was shown that the N95 respirator is the most efficient individual protection measure for the control of tuberculosis infection among TS. The need for the design of educational programs on protection measures for tuberculosis infection was also identified.

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