Infection Control of a Patient with Neonatal Tuberculosis in Our Pediatric Ward

Abstract

  We report infection control of a patient with neonatal tuberculosis in our pediatrics ward. We had to put a portable negative pressure tent into an independently air conditioned room and an incubator placed into the tent for the prevention of spread of tuberculosis, because our ward has no negative pressure room. Furthermore, we used a closed suction circuit. The nurse responsible for care of the patient did not come into contact with other patients in the ward.