Tuberculosis

Type of Precaution: RP

Single Room: No

Comments:

• Reportable Disease

• Notify Infection Control

• Assess for concurrent pulmonary TB.

Type of Precaution: Airborne

Single Room:

• Yes, with negative air flow and door closed.

Duration of Precautions:

• Continue precautions until drainage ceased or three consecutive negative AFB smears.

Comments:

• Reportable Disease

• Notify Infection Control

• Assess for concurrent pulmonary TB.

Type of Precaution: Airborne

Single Room:

• Yes, with negative air flow and door closed.

Duration of Precautions:

• Continue precautions until TB ruled out.

• If confirmed, until patient has received two weeks of effective therapy, is improving clinically and has three consecutive sputum smears negative for AFB, collected 24 hours apart.

• If multidrug-resistant TB, until culture negative.

Comments:

• Reportable Disease

• Notify Infection Control

Type of Precaution: RP

Single Room: No

Comments:

• Latent tuberculous infection (LTBI).