If you have an active tuberculosis (TB) infection, isolating can help prevent the spread of bacteria to others. Isolation lasts at least 2 weeks. A doctor will let you know when to end your isolation.

These precautions include isolating persons with suspected TB in patient rooms with specialized air handling known as airborne infection isolation rooms. To improve our ability to assess patients ...

These precautions include isolating persons with suspected TB in patient rooms with specialized air handling known as airborne infection isolation rooms. To improve our ability to assess patients ...

If someone refuses or skips participation, health departments have the legal authority to obtain a court order to ensure patient isolation to safeguard the population from a TB outbreak.

TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma woman who has been avoiding treatment and isolation for tuberculosis (TB) for more than a year is out of options. A Pierce County judge found the woman to be in contempt ...

by KOMO News Staff TOPICS: TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma woman who has been avoiding treatment and isolation for tuberculosis (TB) for more than a year has been arrested so she can receive medical ...

By July 2023, she had started to test negative for tuberculosis and was allowed to end isolation. Her case marked the third time in 20 years the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department had sought ...

Health officials in Pierce County said this case was a rare instance as most people with tuberculosis voluntarily seek treatment or isolation. TB is one of the most common illnesses in the world ...

They created a validated model to assess the likelihood of TB infection before discontinuing isolation precautions. Then this ...