We wait for the T-Spot to come back.  Our titers are returned within  48 hours and the T-Spot takes 3 days plus day of the draw.

We have 12 sites and the practice had been inconsistent with letting people start work vs not letting people start.

We reached out to the VDH TB consultant who advised that we should always wait for the TB result to be returned.

 

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Good morning,

We wait for the TB Test, IGRA to come back before we start them. It takes a little longer sometimes for the MMR, Vricells and Hep B Titers so we don’t let that hold up their start date.

Raye Nell

 

Raye Nell Hanna, RN, MPH, COHN-S                          

Manager Caregiver Health

Covenant Health

3719 22nd St, Lubbock, TX 79408

Phone 806-725-0098 or 806-725-0629

Fax 806-725-0581

www.covenanthealth.org  

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Good morning,
I have a question related to TB testing for my employee health colleagues. Do you allow new employees to start work before a TB test is completed, whether by PPD or IGRA? My practice has been to wait for a result before giving clearance. I have allowed staff to start work before having titers for MMR, varicella, Hep B but I have always waited for TB results, regardless of what new position they are taking, e.g. office vs clinical.                      

What is everyone else’s practice? 

Thank you

Andrea Murphy RN CIC
Infection Prevention / Employee Health

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