Tuberculosis Information for Healthcare Facilities: Department of Health

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Information for

Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Facilities
Healthcare Workers
Laboratorians
Refugees
Schools and Residential Facilities

Rhode Island Data

Programs

HIV, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases & Tuberculosis Epidemiology, Center for
Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases Testing
Tuberculosis Program

Regulations

Publications

Partners

American Lung Association
American Thoracic Society
CDC
Hasbro Childrens Hospital Pediatric Services
International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease
NE Tuberculosis Consortium
RISE Clinic
State Laboratory
Stop TB Initiative
World Health Organization Global TB Program

What you should do

Infection Control Plan

Every healthcare setting should have a Tuberculosis (TB) infection-control plan that is part of an overall infection-control program. The specific details of the TB infection-control program will differ, depending on whether patients with suspected or confirmed TB disease might be encountered in the setting or whether patients with suspected or confirmed TB disease will be transferred to another healthcare setting. Administrators making this distinction should consult the CDC Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005.

Pre-employment screening

The state requires healthcare workers (and others who have direct contact with patients) in licensed healthcare facilities to have pre-employment health screenings, including a two-step purified protein derivative (PPD) Tuberculosis skin test. more