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Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control (U.S.) Less -
Description:
Prevention and control of tuberculosis in facilities providing long-term care to the elderly: "These recommendations were developed by the Advisory Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis, CDC staff, and public health consultants. They describe tuberculosis control activities appropriate for nursing homes and other facilities providing long-term care for elderly persons. Such facilities include long-term-care wings or units in hospitals, adult foster-care homes, board and care homes, and other congregate settings for the elderly (referred to hereafter as "facilities"). The recommendations are intended for use by staff and administrators of these facilities, consultants to these facilities, and regulatory and licensing bodies."

In 1989, the Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis published a plan for eliminating tuberculosis from the United States by the year 2010. This plan gives a top priority to implementing strategies to prevent tuberculosis in high-incidence groups. Foreign-born persons (as a group) residing in the United States have higher rates of tuberculosis than persons born in the United States. In 1989, the overall U.S. tuberculosis rate was 9.5 per 100,000 population; for foreign-born persons arriving in the United States, the estimated case rate was 124 per 100,000. In the period 1986-1989, 22% (20,316) of all reported cases of tuberculosis occurred in the foreign-born population. A majority of foreign-born persons who develop tuberculosis do so within the first 5 years after they enter the United States. The ACET recommends that all foreign-born persons applying for permanent entry into the United States continue to be screened for disease. Deficiencies in the CURRENT screening methods should be corrected. The policy requiring that persons found to have infectious tuberculosis (known or suspected) be prevented from entering the country until treatment has rendered them noninfectious should be continued; however, persons with noninfectious tuberculosis should be permitted to enter the United States. Tuberculin skin testing and preventive therapy programs for foreign-born persons must be expanded both overseas and domestically if the goal of eliminating tuberculosis from the United States by the year 2010 is to be met.


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1/15/201


Subject:
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Drug Administration Schedule
Health Planning Guidelines
HIV Infections/diagnosis
Homes For The Aged
Nursing Homes
Patient Isolation
Risk Factors
Tuberculosis/diagnosis
Tuberculosis/drug Therapy
Tuberculosis/prevention & Control

Series:
DHHS publication ; no. (CDC) 85-8017 ; MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports ; v. 39, no. RR-10
DHHS publication ; no. (CDC) 85-8017 ; MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports ; v. 39, no. RR-10 Less -
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Journal Issue
Genre:
Guideline
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Guidelines and Recommendations
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