NTCA Releases Recommendations On Pulmonary TB Public Health Practices

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/20, Mahmoud) reports, “The National Tuberculosis (TB) Coalition of America (NTCA) has released recommendations on public health practices concerning respiratory isolation and restrictions (RIR) for individuals with pulmonary TB in community settings. The recommendations were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.” The authors wrote, “Additional research is needed to quantify the proportion of TB transmission that is avertable by community-based RIR, acknowledging that the majority of transmission may occur prior to diagnosis and any RIR interventions.”