Tuberculosis Guidelines Update

Ring wearing and hand hygiene; avian influenza; pharmaceutical waste; tuberculosis update; multiuse surgical site marking pens

“…The rate of M tuberculosis in the United States continues to decline and was the lowest in 2005 since reporting began in 1953 18 . In 2005, the rate was 4.8 cases per 100,000 people 18 .…”

“…The rate of M tuberculosis in the United States continues to decline and was the lowest in 2005 since reporting began in 1953 18 . In 2005, the rate was 4.8 cases per 100,000 people 18 . Some health care providers, however, are concerned that certain geographical locations and some racial, ethnic minority, and foreign‐born people have higher rates of M tuberculosis infection than the United States average 17 , 18 …”