Editor, Campbell and Bah-Sow suggest that barrier nursing is not
necessary, except for patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis,
who should be managed in a negative pressure room vented to the outside.
They also assert that patients should be discharged home unless clinically
imperative. According to NICE guidelines on tuberculosis1 , barrier
nursing and isolation is recommended till three sputum tests are negative.
1.TUBERCULOSIS,CLINICAL DIANOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS, AND
MEASURES FOR ITS PREVENTION AND CONTROL, full guidelines, published by
NICE, available on line at nice.org.uk
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests:
No competing interests
21 May 2006
C.V PRAVEEN
ENT Staff grade Surgeon
Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough, BR6 8 ND
Rapid Response:
Barrier nursing
Editor, Campbell and Bah-Sow suggest that barrier nursing is not
necessary, except for patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis,
who should be managed in a negative pressure room vented to the outside.
They also assert that patients should be discharged home unless clinically
imperative. According to NICE guidelines on tuberculosis1 , barrier
nursing and isolation is recommended till three sputum tests are negative.
1.TUBERCULOSIS,CLINICAL DIANOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS, AND
MEASURES FOR ITS PREVENTION AND CONTROL, full guidelines, published by
NICE, available on line at nice.org.uk
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests