Chris | February 16, 2012
Latent TB is the name given to persons who have been exposed to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, but who do not show signs and symptoms of active disease, such as night sweats, persistent cough, bloody sputum, feelings of exhaustion, and weight loss; Latent TB patients are not infectious to anyone else but about 7-10 % will go [...]
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Chris | April 15, 2010
If you are the Staff Developer and the Infection Preventionist you are most likely responsible for Employee Health as well; that includes annual resident and employee Tuberculosis screenings with PPD. What do you do if an employee converts from a negative to a positive PPD?
To begin with, The Preventionist needs to be skilled at administering [...]
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