The online release of 2022 Updates for the 2nd edition of Tuberculosis Infection Control: A Practical Manual for Preventing TB represent a first installation of the 2nd edition and includes expanded sections on Administrative Controls, Environmental Controls: UVC, and Personal Protective Equipment. A complete update for the entire manual will be released in 2023.
This manual provides information about the guidelines and regulations pertaining to TB infection control, methods of reducing the risk of TB infection, and facility-specific guidelines for reducing the risk and dealing with potential exposure. Tuberculosis Infection Control: A Practical Manual for Preventing TB contains information, forms, signs, and user-friendly tools for clinics, hospitals, homeless shelters, and other parties interested in the prevention and control of tuberculosis. The 5 settings and 12 appendices address environmental controls in detail for:
- Clinics
- Sputum Induction
- Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms
- Emergency Departments
- Homeless Shelters
Date of second edition, 2022 updates: December 2022
Date of first edition updates: 2011
Date of original release: 2007