Resurgence of tuberculosis: implications for emergency nurses.
An emergency nurse is often the first person with contact with patients with suspected or known TB when they come to the emergency department. With rapid recognition of signs and symptoms of active TB and prompt implementation of precautions, emergency nurses can reduce the transmission of the "greatest killer of mankind" to other patients, visitors, health care workers, and ourselves.
Mathias
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Emergency Medicine Association of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hodgdon
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D016529:Emergency Nursing; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology