Get Tb Screening Form (english) - Nbisd

Have you ever had a positive TB skin test? Have you ever been vaccinated with BCG? Have you ever had close contact with persons known or suspected to have active TB disease?

Minimum state regulations require TB screening once every 4 years. School staff members may request TB testing more frequently from their health care provider, but school districts are not required to provide it more than once every 4 years.

Have you ever had a positive TB skin test? Have you ever been vaccinated with BCG? Have you ever had close contact with persons known or suspected to have active TB disease?

The risk assessment should be administered at least once. Persons can be screened for new risk factors at subsequent preventive health visits. Because IGRA has increased specificity for TB infection in persons vaccinated with BCG, IGRA is preferred over the TST in these persons.

The purpose of this tool is to identify adults with infectious tuberculosis (TB) to prevent them from spreading disease. Do not repeat testing unless there are new risk factors since the last negative test.

Infants, children and adolescents exposed to adults who are at increased risk for latent tuberculosis infection or TB disease.

Post-Exposure Screening and Testing All health care personnel with a known exposure to TB disease should receive a TB symptom screen and timely testing, if indicated. Health care personnel with a previous negative TB test result should be tested immediately and re-tested 8 to 10 weeks after the last known exposure.

Please answer the following questions: Have you ever had a positive TB skin test? Have you ever had close contact with anyone who was sick with TB? Have you ever been vaccinated with BCG? * The significance of the travel exposure should be discussed with a health care provider and evaluated.