We are a low risk hospital.  We require annual screening (questionnaire) yearly for all employees.

All new hires are tested with a 2 step PPD at hire.  If they have had BCG we do a Quanteferon Gold test.

Thanks,

Debbie

Deborah Pruim, RN, MSN, APN, CNS

Employee Health Services

Little Company of Mary Hospital

2800 W. 95^th Street

Evergreen Park, IL  60805

Monday – Friday

6:30am-3pm

Phone:  708-229-5623

Fax:  708-229-6618

dpruim@lcmh.org

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Lisa Dyrdahl
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 11:31 AM
To: MCOH/EH
Subject: [MCOH-EH] TB Risk Status - Medium

MCOH List Serve,

We have been a Low Risk hospital for TB and have not performed Annual testing since 2009.  We have now entered Medium Risk, (>6 patients with >200 beds).   According to the 2005 TB Prevention Guidelines we must now:

· Test all HCWs on hire – (Which we have always done as Low Risk using QFG)

· Test all HCWs at least every 12 months

· Preform TB Symptom Screen for all HCWs with baseline negative results

My question for the list is whether we can test only High Risk Depts for TB or do we have to test all HCWs throughout the entire hospital?

Do we also need to provide symptom screening for everyone who test negative on baseline?  We currently do this for all Positive results only.

I had thought there was an option to either test all employees or only those in Hi Risk areas but I can’t find this documented. 

Thank you.

Lisa Dyrdahl, RN, BSN

Employee Health Nurse

Lisa_Dyrdahl@Valleymed.org

Ph: 425-228-3440 X5720

Fax: 425-656-5066

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