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@dekalbmedical.org
From:
Galaid Edward I <Edward.Galaid@RoperSaintFrancis.com>
To:
"mcoh-eh@mylist.net"
<mcoh-eh@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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<mcoh-eh-bounces+kathy.dayvault=dekalbmedical.org@mylist.net>
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
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