Question

which type of precautions should you use with patients who have latent tuberculosis (tb) infection and no signs or symptoms of active tb disease?

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• standard precautions
• precautionary isolation
• droplet precautions
• airborne precautions

Explanation:

Analyze transmission risk of latent tuberculosis

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) means the patient has M. tuberculosis in their body, but the bacteria are inactive. Because the patient has no active disease, they cannot transmit the bacteria to others and are not infectious.

Determine appropriate clinical precautions

Since there is no risk of airborne transmission from a patient with latent tuberculosis, specialized transmission-based precautions (such as airborne precautions) are not required. Only standard precautions, which are used for all patient care, are necessary.

Answer:

• Standard precautions (Correct answer)
• Precautionary isolation
• Droplet precautions
• Airborne precautions