Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been ...

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been rising in the US over the past several years. These precautions include ...

These precautions include isolating persons with suspected TB in patient rooms with specialized air handling known as airborne infection isolation rooms. To improve our ability to assess patients ...

putting the patient in an airborne infection isolation room with negative pressure, and using standard, contact, and airborne precautions with eye protection such as goggles or a face shield.

place the patient in an airborne infection isolation room with negative pressure. All caregivers should have standard, contact and airborne precautions with eye protections. 5. Promptly notify the ...

Caitlin Dugdale, MD, MSc, and Kimon Zachary, MD, physicians in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and assistant professors of Medicine at Harvard Medical ...