Study Guide ATI MED SURG (ATI MED SURG )

Prevent infection transmission. • Wear a N95 HEPA filter or powered air purifying respirator when caring for clients who are hospitalized with TB. (23.2) • Place the client in a negative‑airflow room, and implement airborne precautions. • Use barrier protection when the risk of hand or clothing contamination exists. • Have the client wear a surgical mask if transportation to another department is necessary. The client should be transported using the shortest aTeach the client to cough and expectorate sputum into tissues that are disposed of by the client into provided plastic bags or no‑touch receptacles. • Airborne precautions are not needed in the home setting because family members have already been exposed. Exposed family members should be tested for TB. • Continue medication therapy for its full duration of 6 to 12 months, even up to 2 years for multidrug‑resistant TB. Emphasize that failure to take the medications can lead to a resistant strain of TB • Sputum early AM (AFB, wear PPE) needed every 2 to 4 weeks to monitor Tx. After 3 consecutive negative, no longer consider infected