| Subject: | CDC Issues New Draft TB Guidelines |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Mon, 10 Jan 2005 - 10:00 am |
| The CDC has issued a draft guidelines document entitled "Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Healthcare Settings, 2005". The guidelines, once finalized, will be utilized by healthcare workers across the spectrum of healthcare settings, and will replace the current "CDC Guidelines for Preventing
The Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Healthcare Facilities" which were approved in 1994. The draft guidelines update 1994 guidelines and reflect a... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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