Prescribing information and clinical guidelines showed gaps in TB screening protocols for many recently approved targeted ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors associated with testing positive for LBTI and those associated with being tested in general varied.

Although culture remains the gold standard for laboratory confirmation of TB, the CDC now recommends that nucleic acid amplification (NAA) testing become standard practice in helping to diagnose ...

Does CMS Require Annual TB Tests for Surgery Center Staff Members? Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C., addresses a question from a ...

UAB requires initial TB screening, per CDC guidelines, while annual screening is not required. Routine TB testing may be needed based on examination of job risk. Employees who have been diagnosed with ...

Treating all household contacts of someone with tuberculosis (TB) helped prevent active TB disease across age groups in the real world, but the effectiveness was highest when treating individuals who ...

First year health science students will need TB testing and screening prior to or at arrival. At this time, UHCS is providing a TB blood test (IGRA). The cost of this test is almost always covered by ...