What is the appropriate nursing intervention for a patient, age 40, who is diagnosed with active tuberculosis?
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
ANS: B
If TB is suspected, permission to place the patient in acid-fast bacillus (AFB) Isolation Precautions should be requested immediately.
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