Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part II - The Control of Diseases
Chapter 1 - Disease Reporting Requirements
Section II-123 - Ventilation Requirements for Housing TB Patients in Hospitals and Nursing Homes [formerly paragraph 2:014-2]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code II-123
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
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;
or
2. 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.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(2)(c)(ii),(iii) and R.S. 40:5.
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