TB Screening and Testing for Health Care Personnel
- TB Screening and Testing of Health Care Personnel (CDC)
- Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2019
- TB testing at home and hospice facilities, assisted living facilities, infirmaries, and recovery care centers in Connecticut.
Public Act No. 21-121 includes new language about TB screening, testing, treatment, and education for health care personnel in health care facilities licensed pursuant to chapter 368v of the general statutes. Public Act No. 21-121 was signed into law by Governor Lamont on July 6, 2021.
Full text of Public Act No. 21-121: An Act Concerning The Department of Public Health's Recommendations Regarding Various Revisions to the Public Health Statutes
Excerpt specific to TB screening, testing, treatment, and education for health care personnel in health care facilities licensed pursuant to chapter 368v of the general statutes may be found on page 49 of Public Act No. 21-121:
Sec. 36. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) A health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 368v of the general statutes shall have policies and procedures in place that reflect the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations for tuberculosis screening, testing, treatment and education for health care personnel. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulations adopted thereunder, any employee providing direct patient care in a facility licensed pursuant to chapter 368v of the general statutes shall receive tuberculosis screening and testing in compliance with the licensed health care facility's policies and procedures.
- Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 (CDC)