| Subject: | TB Risk Assessment for Healthcare Settings |
| Category: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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| Published: | Fri, 20 Jan 2006 - 10:00 am |
| On December 30, 2005 the CDC issued updated guidelines for preventing the transmission of tuberculosis in healthcare settings. The report updates recommendations issued in 1994 and reflects shifts in the epidemiology of TB, advances in scientific understanding, and changes in healthcare practice that have occurred in the United States during the preceding decade.
Included in the recommendation is a revised TB Risk Assessment Worksheet. The TB Risk Assessment Worksheet should be completed as a... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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