CDC Issues Draft TB Prevention Guidelines for Public Comment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comments on draft revised guidelines titled, "Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005."
The public comment period ends February 4, 2005.
For a PDF of the document, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/Federal_Register/New_Guidelines/TBICGuidelines.pdf
Source: CDC
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