Announcement of Meeting on Tuberculosis Prevention in Health-Care
Facilities
CDC will sponsor a meeting, "Issues in Preventing Tuberculosis
Transmission in Health-Care Facilities," October 22-23, 1992, in
Atlanta. The goal of the meeting is to review and assess the need
to revise CDC guidelines for reducing the risk for tuberculosis
(TB) transmission in health-care settings (1).
The meeting will bring together experts in TB prevention and
control, nosocomial infection prevention, biosafety, and
occupational safety and health, as well as representatives of
labor, medical, hospital, and administration organizations. Topics
will include patient management; TB isolation precautions;
engineering controls, such as ventilation and ultraviolet
irradiation; health-care worker TB screening; and personal
respiratory protection, including discussion of recent
recommendations by CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (2).
There is no registration fee. Additional information and a
preliminary agenda are available from CDC's Division of
Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for Prevention Services,
1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E-10, Atlanta, GA 30333; telephone
(404) 639-2501; fax (404) 639-1450.
References
CDC. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of tuberculosis
in health-care settings, with special focus on HIV-related issues.
MMWR 1990;39(no. RR-17).
NIOSH. NIOSH recommended guidelines for personal respiratory
protection of workers in health-care facilities potentially exposed
to tuberculosis. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human
Services, Public Health Service, CDC, September 14, 1992.
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