A patient with active tuberculosis is admitted to the medical centre. The nurse recognizes that which of the following types of precautions will be required upon admission of this patient?
a. Airborne precautions
b. Droplet precautions
c. Contact precautions
d. Reverse isolation
A
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A A patient with active tuberculosis requires airborne precautions.
B A patient with active tuberculosis does not require droplet precautions.
C Contact precautions are not necessary for the patient with active tuberculosis.
D Reverse isolation is used to protect the patient from the infection source.
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A) True B) False
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