[MCOH-EH] [EXTERNAL] MCOH-EH Digest, Vol 254, Issue 159

[Therese Bovee-McKelvey]

We do same.  No Worker's Comp Claim for a TB Contact Investigation, only if results in conversion following the workplace exposure.  Same for OSHA 300.

Therese Bovee McKelvey, MN, RN  Supervisor - Employee Health
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It might be state specific but generally a diagnosis is needed for worker's compensation. I would not turn in a worker's comp claim for a person with contact; only if the PPD or IGRA was positive.
It would not be recorded on the OSHA log unless conversion occurred after the exposure.

Denise Knoblauch MSN, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN
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Today's Topics:

   1.  Recall: Free Webinar on Moving Beyond the Tuberculin Skin
      Test (TST) (Boruff, Lisa J. (IHS/PHX))
   2.  TB testing for contacts of an active TB case (Enass Awad)


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Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 17:14:36 +0000
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Boruff, Lisa J. (IHS/PHX) would like to recall the message, "[MCOH-EH] Free Webinar on Moving Beyond the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST)".


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Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 11:59:29 -0700
From: Enass Awad <umhaneen at gmail.com>
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Subject: [MCOH-EH] TB testing for contacts of an active TB case
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Good afternoon all:
  I was curious to see what your protocols are for evaluating contacts of a patient who came for a routine stress test appointment and almost two months later it was confirmed that she had active TB .
  Employee health did contact investigations and came up with the list of everyone who was in contact with her . One of the main questions is whether each contact needs to file a WC claim versus coming for a surveillance and only filing the claim if there had been documented conversion .
Regards and really appreciate your input!!!

Thanks,

Enass d

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