TB Precautions II
Length 10 minutes
Item # TBP-1/D $275 for DVD
For all healthcare providers. This DVD provides training required by OSHA on tuberculosis.
Viewers learn:
- How TB is transmitted and affects the body
- Distinction between dormant and active TV
- Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Role of HIV in TB development
- Risk Groups
- Dangers of admitting patients with undiagnosed TV
- Purpose and interpretation of the Mantoux skin test
- Significance of the Booster Phenomenon
- Purpose of preventive therapy
- Origin and prognosis of MDR-TB
- Importance of patient compliance
- Precautions including AFB/respiratory isolation and the use of respirators