- Study looked at ER triage methods to assess the time of respiratory isolation for patients with possible Tuberculosis
- Admitted patients have had delays up to 6 days before isolation began
- On average. 75% of patients had a 24 hour delay in isolation
- The study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine used (RIPT) Rapid Isolation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis to screen patients with possible TB
- The system looked at symptoms and risk factors and assigned them a point value
- Scoring system was 0-24[15]
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- The screening tool was considered moderately successful in screening for TB
- More studies are needed[15]
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