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.”

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.