Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care settings, 2005
By: Paul A. Jensen, Lauren A. Lambert, Michael F. Iademarco, Renee Ridzon.
Contributors: Jensen, Paul A.; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.)
Series: MMWR recommendations and reports -- v. 54, no. RR-17; Morbidity and mortality weekly report -- . 54, no. RR-17
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Atlanta, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Tuberculosis -- Transmission -- Prevention -- Standards -- United States; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention -- Standards -- United States; Communicable Disease Control -- standards; Cross Infection -- prevention & control; Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional -- prevention & control; Health Facility Environment -- standards; Infection Control -- standards; Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- prevention & control; Tuberculosis -- prevention & control
Other titles: Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care facilities, 1994
Notes: "December 30, 2005."

Cover title.

"The material in this report originated in the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention" - p. 1.

Update of: Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care facilities, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-102).

Also available via the World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: ntroduction; title: Overview; title: HCWs Who Should Be Included in a TB Surveillance Program; title: Risk for Health-Care-Associated Transmission of M. tuberculosis; title: Fundamentals of TB Infection Control; title: Relevance to Biologic Terrorism Preparedness; title: Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of M. tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings; title: TB Infection-Control Program; title: TB Risk Assessment; title: Risk Classification Examples; title: Managing Patients Who Have Suspected or Confirmed TB Disease: General Recommendations; title: Managing Patients Who Have Suspected or Confirmed TB Disease: Considerations for Special Circumstances and Settings; title: Training and Educating HCWs; title: TB Infection-Control Surveillance; title: Problem Evaluation; title: Collaboration with the Local or State Health Department; title: Environmental Controls; title: Respiratory Protection; title: Cough-Inducing and Aerosol-Generating Procedures; title: Supplements; title: Estimating the Infectiousness of a TB Patient; title: Diagnostic Procedures for LTBI and TB Disease; title: Treatment Procedures for LTBI and TB Disease; title: Surveillance and Detection of M. tuberculosis Infections in Health-Care Settings; title: Environmental Controls; title: Respiratory Protection; title: Cleaning, Disinfecting, and Sterilizing Patient-Care; title: Equipment and Rooms; title: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs); title: Acknowledgments; title: References; title: Terms and Abbreviations Used in this Report; title: Glossary of Definitions; title: Appendices; title: Continuing Education Activity