[MCOH-EH] TB testing (TST): tuberculin skin testing

[Stephanie Perkins]

How do you handle an employee who is refusing to do a PPD or Quantiferon-gold? This employee was a rehire in 2015, when this employee was initially hired in the 90's they had PPDs done, several actually, as they were still checking them annually. When this employee was rehired in 2015, they declined to redo the PPD. I've been working on getting all our employee health files completed, and I came across the incomplete screening in their fire (they filled out the questionnaire, but nothing was administered), reached out to them and they're declining both a PPD or Quantiferon-gold.

Any suggestions, resources, recommendations, etc. would be much appreciated.

Stephanie Perkins, MSN RN
Employee Health Nurse
Clinical Educator
North Bend Medical Center
541.267.5151 X 1667
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"We are dedicated to providing the best healthcare for our community with compassionate, accessible, and high quality service."

From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net> On Behalf Of Deanna Prater
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 12:21 PM
To: mcoh-eh at mylist.net
Subject: [MCOH-EH] TB testing (TST): tuberculin skin testing

We allow new hires to have their TB test read at other facilities.  The form is signed by a licensed healthcare worker.

Deanna Prater BSN, RN
Director of Infection Control, Employee Health & Safety
Lower Umpqua Hospital
600 Ranch Road
Reedsport, Oregon 97467
Office:  (541) 271-6323
Fax:  (541) 271-6353
dprater at luhonline.com<mailto:dprater at luhonline.com>

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

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