Skip to main content skip navigation
  • Account
    • Login
    • Manage
  • Subscribe
    • JUSTINFO
    • Register
  • Shopping Cart
  • Contact Us
    • Email
    • Feedback
    • Chat
    • Phone or Mail
  • Site Help
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Office of Justice Programs header with links to bureaus/offices: BJA, BJS, NIJ, OJJDP, OVC, SMART Office of Justice Programs BJA BJS NIJ OJJDP OVC SMART Office of Justice Programs
Advanced Search  Search Help
    Browse By Topics  down arrow
  • A–Z Topics
  • Corrections
  • Courts
  • Crime
  • Crime Prevention
  • Drugs
  • Justice System
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Law Enforcement
  • Victims
CrimeSolutions
Add your conference to our Justice Events calendar
  • ABOUT NCJRS
  • OJP PUBLICATIONS
  • LIBRARY
  • SEARCH Q & A
  • GRANTS & FUNDING
  • JUSTICE EVENTS
Home / Publications / NCJRS Abstract

PUBLICATIONS

Register for Latest Research

Stay Informed
Register with NCJRS to receive NCJRS's biweekly e-newsletter JUSTINFO and additional periodic emails from NCJRS and the NCJRS federal sponsors that highlight the latest research published or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs.

NCJRS Abstract

The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Virtual Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the Virtual Library. See the Obtain Documents page for direction on how to access resources online, via mail, through interlibrary loans, or in a local library.

1 record(s) found

 

NCJ Number: 156284 Find in a Library
Title: National Commission on Correctional Health Care Position Statement: Administrative Management of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities
Journal: Journal of Correctional Health Care  Volume:2  Issue:1  Dated:(Spring 1995)  Pages:67-70
Date Published: 1995
Annotation: This position statement on the administrative management of tuberculosis in correctional facilities provides guidelines for an infection-control program in the areas of screening and testing for staff and inmates, education, special housing, treatment interventions, special issues in TB and HIV prevention, and discharge planning.
Abstract: All correctional employees should be tested for TB initially and annually as a condition of employment; all new adult and juvenile admissions to correctional facilities should be screened and tested for TB. Staff must be educated on proper infection control procedures and the identification of TB symptoms; inmates must be educated on the disease and treatment process. All inmates who exhibit TB symptoms and those suspected of having TB should remain in single-unit medical isolation until they are no longer infectious to other inmates or staff. Medical intervention should be considered for all inmates believed to be infected with MDR-TB but show no evidence of active disease. All inmates diagnosed with active TB should be encouraged to be tested for the antibodies to HIV. All inmates who are receiving anti- tuberculosis medications on discharge should be referred to the local health department and community-based organizations for follow-up and treatment.
Main Term(s): Corrections management
Index Term(s): Inmate health care; Inmate preventive health education; Tuberculosis
Sponsoring Agency: National Commisson on Correctional Health Care
Chicago, IL 60614
Corporate Author: National Commisson on Correctional Health Care
United States of America
Page Count: 4
Format: Article
Type: Legislation/Policy Description
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: Adopted by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care's Board of Directors, March 21, 1993.
To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=156284

*A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. For documents not available online, a link to the publisher's website is provided. Tell us how you use the NCJRS Library and Abstracts Database - send us your feedback.




Find in a Library

You have clicked Find in a Library. A title search of WorldCat, the world's largest library network, will start when you click "Continue." Here you will be able to learn if libraries in your community have the document you need. The results will open in a new browser and your NCJRS session will remain active for 30 minutes. Learn More.

You have selected:

This article appears in

In WorldCat, verify that the library you select has the specific journal volume and issue in which the article appears. Learn How.

Continue to WorldCat

You are about to access WorldCat, NCJRS takes no responsibility for and exercises no control over the WorldCat site.

 
Office of Justice Programs Facebook Page  Twitter Page
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics Twitter Page
  • National Institute of Justice Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office for Victims of Crime Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking Facebook Page Twitter Page
Contact Us | Feedback | Site Map
Freedom of Information Act | Privacy Statement | Legal Policies and Disclaimers
USA.gov | CrimeSolutions
Department of Justice | Office of Justice Programs