Guidelines for Prevention of TB Transmission in Hospitals
Author: Jarvuis, William
Date Published: 1999
These guidelines provide cost-effective interventions that can be directly implemented (or modified) within a facility at the district or referral level in any resource-limited setting. Efforts should be made to execute such control strategies to prevent transmission of M. tuberculosis. Such measures serve not only to conserve resources in terms of direct costs due to treatment of HCWs and indirect costs in terms of loss of HCWs specializing in the management of TB patients, but also in reducing the burden due to tuberculosis.
Date Published: 1999
These guidelines provide cost-effective interventions that can be directly implemented (or modified) within a facility at the district or referral level in any resource-limited setting. Efforts should be made to execute such control strategies to prevent transmission of M. tuberculosis. Such measures serve not only to conserve resources in terms of direct costs due to treatment of HCWs and indirect costs in terms of loss of HCWs specializing in the management of TB patients, but also in reducing the burden due to tuberculosis.
