Pathogenesis
TB affects this part of your body
what is the Lung
A test where you inject small amount of PPD into patient's forearm via ID
What is Mantoux tuberculin skin test?
The type of mask nurse need to put on before entering the room of a patient with TB
what is N95?
This form of TB has no signs and symptoms, and is not contagious
What is latent TB?
TB is transmitted by this route
what is Airborne?
Nurse must read TB skin test within this range
what is 48-72 hours?
patient education that will help prevent TB transmission
what is proper cough etiquette and hand washing techniques
This form of TB make people sick and is highly contagious
What is Active TB?
The bacteria that causes TB
What is Mybacterium tuberclulosis?
Nurse request this to confirm result if patient test positive for TB skin test
What is IGRAs: interferon gamma release assays (quantiferon gold or T-SPOT TB assay)?
what is Yellow?
The color of sputum of a TB patient
what is rust, bloody sputum?
Diagnosis tool to help differentiate latent TB from active TB
what is chest X-ray?
what is BCG Vaccination
The nurse need to put TB patients in this kinda of room for isolation
What is private and negative pressure flow
duration of coughing for a TB patient
Those people at high risk for exposure/infection with TB - Name 4
-close contacts of person known or suspected to have TB
-foreign born people from TB endemic area
-residents and employees of high-risk settings
-healthcare workers serving high risk clients
-medically underserved, low-income populations
-high risk racial or ethnic minority populations
-children exposed to adults in high risk categories
-persons who inject illicit drugs
-patient who are immunocompromised, HIV, cancer, long-term corticosteroid therapy
This induration results a positive TB skin test for patient with HIV
what is 5+ mm?
Those are the first line medications recommended by the CDC to treat TB for the first two months (4 meds, RIPE!)
what are
-Rifampicin (R)
-Isoniazid(I)
-Pyrazinamide (P)
-Ethamabutol (E)
what is fever, chills, night sweats, weakness or fatigue, loss of appetite & weight loss, chest pain, sputum with blood