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A patient has LATENT tuberculosis. What precautions are needed?

  1. Standard precautions
  2. Quaternary ammonium disinfection (special)
  3. N95 mask
  4. Negative pressure room
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Correct answer: A. Standard precautions

Latent TB infection means the patient is infected but NOT actively contagious (no active disease, no transmission risk) — so standard precautions (the same baseline precautions used for every patient) are all that's needed; the special airborne precautions (N95, negative pressure room) are reserved specifically for ACTIVE, infectious TB disease.

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