Objectives
- List criteria used to determine whether a TB patient is infectious
- List criteria used to determine when to initiate and discontinue isolation of a TB patient
- List the principles of TB isolation
- Identify ways to isolate TB patients in a clinic setting
- Describe ways to test the negative pressure of an airborne infection isolation room
- Identify ways to reduce the risk of TB transmission when you don't have an airborne infection isolation room
- Identify ways to ensure supportive and safe home isolation
Addendum: For guidance on utilizing both sputum smear and nucleic acid amplification based test results for infection control in health-care setting involving patients with suspected tuberculosis see:http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6241a1.htm
About the Speakers
Heidi Behm, RN, MPH
Heidi is currently the acting tuberculosis controller of Oregon and has worked as a public health nurse in a variety of jobs for ten years, including serving as the TB nurse consultant for the State of Oregon, as an infection control practitioner for Oregon Health and Sciences University, and as a district public health nurse in Los Angeles County. Her work experience has included TB and other communicable diseases, infection control education, and community health programs.
Janet Abernathy, RN, BSN
Janet is currently the Assistant Director of Quality at the San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, California. She has worked in quality management, occupational health and safety, and infection control. Janet was the principal environmental health and safety specialist at the Curry International Tuberculosis Center where she provided onsite and telephone consultation to institutions at high risk for TB transmission in California, wrote and published model guidelines for controlling TB at institutions, and provided TB training in multiple settings.
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