Determine Current TB Status
- Run the TB Activity report to determine if all employees subject to monitoring have been tested.
- If the patient has risk factors that might make an otherwise normal result positive (HIV, close contact with active TB patient, foreign-born recently arrived, etc.), create an Allergies/Conditions record of TBFACTOR. In the memo, list the particular risk or type “see chart” if confidential.
- Determine whether monitoring will be with skin testing or blood testing. If the patient had a prior BCG or has a history of severe reactions to TST and your clinic has the ability to use blood testing, jump to Blood Assay for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (BAMT). If the patient has a prior positive TST, BAMT or active TB, jump to Positive Follow-up.