Mari, I’m not sure what you mean by “overall injury count.” From an OSHA standpoint they are certainly not recordable. From a work comp standpoint they would not meet the definition of an “injury” in any work comp statute I’m aware of, as the person does not have a health condition (unless they convert and have LTBI).

There is no national requirement or standard to report a monthly “overall injury count,” but naturally you need to track a number of metrics internally. Evaluating 200 exposed employees and doing their post exposure follow-up represents significant work and resources, so you should definitely account for exposure management efforts in some way. Infection prevention, safety, administration, and others need to know the impact of exposures and the effectiveness of exposure control plans. This is also important information to share with your institutional leadership, so they know the impact of TB and other infectious exposures, and they appreciate your value!

Melanie

Melanie Swift, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Mayo Clinic Physician Health Center

Senior Associate Consultant

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Preventive, Occupational, and Aerospace Medicine

Phone 507.284.2560

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From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Mari Numanlia-Wone
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 9:02 AM
To: 'mcoh-eh@mylist.net'
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [MCOH-EH] TB Exposures

Hello,

Do you include all TB exposures as part of the total injuries reported for the month? I know only work related TB conversions are OSHA recordable but are  all exposed employees counted as part of the total injuries for the month?

Let’s say you have a TB exposure that affected 200 employees with zero conversions, do you report 200 additional injuries to your overall injury count for that month?

Regards,

Mari C

Mari Numanlia-Wone, RN, MSN, MBA

Manager Employee Wellness & Health Services

El Camino Health

2500 Grant Road

Mountain View, CA 94040

Tel: 650-988-7645

Cell: 858-267-8550