The result has been a decrease in the number of TB outbreaks in health-care settings reported to CDC and a reduction in health-care–associated transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to patients and health-care workers (HCWs).

The TB infection-control measures recommended by CDC in 1994 were implemented widely in health-care facilities in the United States.

The 1994 guidelines, which followed statements issued in 19, presented recommendations for TB-infection control based on a risk assessment process that classified health-care facilities according to categories of TB risk, with a corresponding series of administrative, environmental, and respiratory-protection control measures. The guidelines were issued in response to 1) a resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) disease that occurred in the United States in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, 2) the documentation of several high-profile health-care–associated (previously termed 'nosocomial') outbreaks related to an increase in the prevalence of TB disease and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection, 3) lapses in infection-control practices, 4) delays in the diagnosis and treatment of persons with infectious TB disease, and 5) the appearance and transmission of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB strains. Telephone: 40 Fax: 40 E-mail: 1994, CDC published the Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 1994. Jensen, PhD, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE, MS E-10, Atlanta, GA 30333. Castro, MD, Director.Ĭorresponding preparer: Paul A. The material in this report originated in the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD, Director and the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Kenneth G. Iademarco, MD, Renee Ridzon, MDĭivision of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention Please note: This report has been corrected and replaces the electronic PDF version that was published on December 30, 2005. Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 For assistance, please send e-mail to: Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file.

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