[MCOH-EH] Timing of annual TSTs in inpatient units: By date of birth, alphabetically, date of hire?

[Kathy.Dayvault at dekalbmedical.org]

We have a schedule of which department is due by month and go by that. We 
use an IGRA blood test and not ppd.

For new hires, if more than 30 days have gone by before the department 
month is due, we repeat testing to get them on the right schedule.

Our reasoning is new  employees would have the potential to go more than a 
year between their first testing and next annual.

Thanks,


Kathy Dayvault, RN, BSN, MPH
 Manager, Occupational Health and Safety 
 WorksWell Onsite
 Dekalb Medical  2701 North Decatur Road
 Decatur, GA 30033
ph: 404.501.4972 Fax:404-501-2045
kathy.dayvault at dekalbmedical.org




From:   Galaid Edward I <Edward.Galaid at RoperSaintFrancis.com>
To:     "mcoh-eh at mylist.net" <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>, 
Date:   12/07/2017 11:14 AM
Subject:        [MCOH-EH] Timing of annual TSTs in inpatient units: By 
date of birth, alphabetically, date of hire?
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We are reconfiguring our tuberculosis surveillance, driven by a change in 
staffing and location of the employee health office in each hospital. Will 
be doing them either on the inpatient units, or in the employee health 
office.  The question is, scheduling the test:  by date of birth, by 
alpha, or date of hire.  What do you do, and why?
Thanks

Ed Galaid
 
Edward I. Galaid, MD, MPH
ABIM, ABPM (OM)
Medical Director, Roper St. Francis Physician Partners Occupational 
Medicine
Charleston, SC
Member, ACOEM Task Group,  Guidance for the Medical Evaluation of Law 
Enforcement Officers 
(O) 843-402-5053
 


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