Surgical practices
Started by Rebecca Weintraub, MD on 22 Jan 2010
Last edited by Sophie Beauvais on 23 Feb 2010
Speaking with a colleague at Indus Hospital in Pakistan, she asked if community members have protocols to share regarding how to manage TB IC in high volume surgical suites. Many thanks for your input.
Keywords: Administrative Controls, TB IC Guidelines
Grigory Volchenkov, MD
While I'm not aware of specific infection control protocols for surgical suites, in high TB incidence settings I'd recommend conducting a TB transmission risk assessment of surgical suites to inform the development of your TB IC plan or protocol. I'd also base this plan on the international guidelines that published by CDC in 2005: Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005: www.ghdonline.org/ic/resource/guidelines-for-preventing-the-transmission-of/
Dr. Grigory V. Volchenkov
Head Doctor
Vladimir Oblast TB Dispansery
7:59 AM, 27 Jan 2010 | Permalink