TB exposure: are you prepared?
1. The elderly have the highest case rates for TB disease. 2. Residents need to be screened for TB infection on admission with a Mantoux skin test. 3. Employees need to be screened for TB by the Mantoux skin test on hire and annually. 4. A chest x-ray is not adequate to screen for TB infection.
Lancaster
E
E
Marx
J
J
Lewis
J
J
D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008403:Mass Screening; D009740:Nursing Staff; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control*