If a Patient is Diagnosed with Tuberculosis,which Infection Control Procedures

Question

If a patient is diagnosed with tuberculosis,which infection control procedures should be observed?
A)Standard Precautions.
B)Airborne precautions.
C)Droplet precautions.
D)Standard Precautions and airborne precautions.
E)Standard Precautions and contact precautions.

Accepted Answer

Tuberculosis is an airborne disease, requiring both standard precautions (to protect against the transmission of infections from blood and other body fluids) and airborne precautions (to protect against diseases that are spread through the air over long distances, such as tuberculosis).