Infection control for extrapulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary care cancer center - 01/10/14
, Tomoko Kudo, RN, Mika Tsukahara, MT, Hanako Kurai, MDAbstract |
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) can be infectious when diagnostic or therapeutic procedures are performed on infected lesions. We retrospectively describe infection control and evaluate isolation failure rates during the manipulation of active extrapulmonary TB lesions at a comprehensive cancer center over a 5-year period. Among patients with a high suspicion of cancer, extrapulmonary TB was not suspected, and airborne precautions often were not used when manipulating infected lesions.
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• | Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can be infectious when manipulating infected lesions. |
• | We retrospectively describe infection control and evaluate isolation failure rates. |
• | Among patients with a high suspicion of cancer, isolation often was not used. |
Key Words : Extrapulmonary disease, Airborne precautions, Isolation failure rate
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| Conflict of interest: None to report. |
Vol 42 - N° 10
P. 1133-1135 - octobre 2014 Retour au numéro
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