The appropriate nursing intervention for a patient, age 40, who is diagnosed with active tuberculosis would be to
a. place the patient in drainage and secretion precautions.
b. place the patient in acid-fast bacillus (AFB) isolation precautions.
c. maintain the patient in enteric isolation.
d. place the patient in any isolation precautions.
B
If TB is suspected, permission to place the patient in acid-fast bacilli (AFB) isolation precautions should be requested immediately.
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