AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with John Parmer, lead author of “Tuberculosis: A New Screening Recommendation and an Expanded Approach to Elimination in the United States.”
The AJN Podcast · AJN The American Journal of Nursing
July 27, 20179m 11s
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.libsyn.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with author John Parmer about his article, which provides an overview of tuberculosis transmission, pathogenesis, and epidemiology, presents preventive care recommendations for targeted testing among high-risk groups, and discusses the nursing implications of a new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement on latent tuberculosis infection testing.