Ours needs improvement.  We are currently conducting one positive TB exposure where the patient came in, coughing, and multiple tests in different areas were performed.  No PPE, nor mask on the patient. 

 

 

 

Gigi Dues, BSN, RN

Network Employee Health Manager

Kettering Health Network

Phone: 937-752-2131  x70131

Fax: 937-522-8042

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please share if your organization has a successful  protocol for early identification of patients with communicable illnesses (such as tuberculosis or n. meningitis) upon entry into emergency departments for care to which staff flags the patient and places them into the appropriate isolation at the start of their encounter? We are trying to reduce the number of emergency staff potential exposures.

Thank you.

 

Allison Tebolt, MSN, FNP-BC

 

Employee Health Coordinator

Vassar Brothers Medical Center

45 Reade Place

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

(845) 483-6014

fax (845) 483-6109

 

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