Transporting TB Patients

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Transporting TB Patients

Avoid transport of an active TB patient if possible.
If transport is necessary, the active TB patient must wear a surgical mask when leaving the room and healthcare workers who are transporting should consider using a respirator.
An active TB patient must bypass the common waiting area.
Ensure that patients with suspected or confirmed infectious TB disease who must be transported to another area of the setting or to another setting for a medically essential procedure bypass the waiting area and wear a surgical or procedure mask, if possible. Drivers, healthcare workers, and other staff who are transporting persons with suspected or confirmed infectious TB disease might consider wearing an N95 respirator. Schedule procedures on patients with TB disease when a minimum number of healthcare workers and other patients are present and as the last procedure of the day to maximize the time available for removal of airborne contamination.6
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care settings." CDC.gov, 2005, Accessed December 15, 2021. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5417a1.htm?s_cid=rr5417a1_e