tailieunhanh - Guidelines for Hospitalization and Returning Tuberculosis Patients to the Community

Requirements for successful treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are that (1) correct medications are given, (2) compliance to the prescribed medications be assured, ., patient be on directly observed therapy (DOT), and (3) the patient completes a minimum number of doses considered necessary for cure. The entire diagnostic work-up and treatment of TB can be done in an outpatient setting for most individuals. An individual with suspected pulmonary TB may present in a wide variety of settings, such as an outpatient clinic or the emergency room. The decision to admit a patient to the hospital under isolation should not rest solely on. | CLINICAL PRACTICES SECTION MGMT. OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED TB DISEASE NYCDOHMH - BTBC No. Guidelines for Hospitalization and Returning Tuberculosis Patients to the Community Table of Contents Page Effective Elements of the Guidelines for Admitting Patients with Suspected or Confirmed TB to the When is it necessary to admit a patient with suspected or confirmed TB .4 Initiating airborne Requirements prior to discharge from the emergency room or Figure 1 Criteria for Admitting Patients with Suspected or Confirmed TB to the Guidelines for Returning TB Patients to For non-MDRTB patients discharge of AFB smear-positive individuals before AFB smear Additional Exceptions to discharging individuals while still AFB Discharge of an AFB smear-negative individual directly from Discharge of AFB smear-negative hospitalized patient with positive nucleic acid amplification NAA test or M. tbc Discharge of AFB smear-positive hospitalized patient with negative nucleic acid amplification NAA Patients who leave against medical advice or Guidelines for returning patients to work school or other congregate settings. 11 When an individual with TB class III or suspected TB class V can safely return to work or school. 11 Situations when culture conversion should be AFB smear-positive AFB smear-negative Guidelines for discharging suspected or known MDRTB patients from airborne isolation and returning them to home school work or other congregate Patients with known or suspected MDRTB who should remain hospitalized on airborne Returning MDRTB patients to work school and other congregate Home HEPA filter .