A patient who presents with suspected tuberculosis should be placed on airborne precautions. This involves placing the patient in a negative pressure private isolation room. Therefore, the door to the patient’s room should never be left open. Other precautions include: all people entering the room should wear an N95 mask, and the movement and transport of the patient should be limited. The patient is allowed to have visitors besides immediate family but they all must wear appropriate protective devices, including an N95 mask. Because of the need for isolation and negative pressure, the patient cannot be in a regular hospital room. Every person entering the patient’s room needs to don a N95 mask.