La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § II-123
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section II-123 - Ventilation Requirements for Housing TB Patients in Hospitals and Nursing Homes [formerly paragraph 2:014-2]A. Persons with tuberculosis in a communicable state or suspected of having tuberculosis in a communicable state who are cared for in hospitals and nursing homes shall be cared for in rooms with negative air pressure and either: 1. at least six changes of room air per hour accomplished by exhaust ventilation; or2. equivalent circulation and treatment by ultraviolet light treatment, "air scrubber," or equivalent. If the patient is not in a room with proper ventilation and is unable or unwilling to cover his/her cough, then exposed persons shall wear proper masks, which filter all particles larger than one micron, in order to prevent the spread of infectious respiratory droplets.B. [formerly paragraph 2:014-3] Rooms used for aerosolized pentamidine treatments or for aerosol treatments designed to induce sputum shall have negative air pressure and at least six changes of room air per hour accomplished by exhaust ventilation.La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § II-123
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1219 (June 2002).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(2)(c)(ii),(iii) and R.S. 40:5.