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This tool kit has been designed to
assist facilities in Nevada comply with TB regulations.
It is based on the CDC’s
Guidelines for Preventing
the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in
Health-Care Settings, 2005 as referenced in NAC
441A.200
INVESTIGATING, REPORTING,
PREVENTING, SUPPRESSING AND CONTROLLING PARTICULAR
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
General Provisions
441A.325 Compliance
with provisions regarding particular communicable
diseases.
Tuberculosis
441A.350 Health care
provider to report certain cases and suspected cases
within 24 hours of discovery.
441A.355 Active
tuberculosis: Duties and powers of health authority.
441A.360 Cases and
suspected cases: Prohibited acts; duties; discharge from
medical supervision.
441A.365 Contacts:
Compliance with regulations; medical evaluation;
prohibited acts.
441A.370 Correctional
facilities: Testing and surveillance of employees and
inmates; investigation for contacts; course of
preventive treatment for person with tuberculosis
infection; documentation.
441A.375 Medical
facilities, facilities for the dependent and homes for
individual residential care: Management of cases and
suspected cases; surveillance and testing of employees;
counseling and preventive treatment.
441A.380 Admission
of persons to certain medical facilities, facilities for
the dependent or homes for individual residential care:
Testing; respiratory isolation; medical treatment;
counseling and preventive treatment; documentation.
441A.385 Care of
medically indigent patient in State Tuberculosis Control
Program; payment of cost.
441A.390 Treatment of
case or suspected case by health care provider. |
