TB Model Exposure Control Plan

County, which has reported cases of TB in the last 12-month reporting period. 

The facility also considers the TB cases in surrounding counties that provide patients to this medical practice .  

This Tuberculosis Exposure Control Plan applies to aU areas of this practice where exposure to pulmonary or laryngeal TB may occur. It is intended to prevent transmission of pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) from infected individuals to susceptible hosts. All employees must comply with this plan. TB precautions are not necessary if the patient is on anti-TB medications (and compliant) and has no symptoms such as coughing, night sweats, weight loss, and fever. Person(s) responsible for this plan are listed as follows  

Persons (s) responsible for implementation and evalnation of this plan and annnal review of program with revisions as necessary  

Person(s) responsible for anployee TB skin testing, interpretation and foUow-np procedures, and reporting skin tests resnlts  

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The book includes helpful resources in the appendices, such as a nurse safety perception survey, an accident causal factor chart, sample ergonomics symptoms report, sample TB exposure control plan, and a model respirator plan for small organizations. Complete with review exercises in each chapter, this book is ideal for certification training in nursing programs and as a reference for developing nursing in-service safety sessions. 

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