3.5.6
Systematic TB screening among health care workers
National TB Management Guidelines, 2018 Edition. Chapter 3, Systematic TB screening in high risk groups.
Clinical description
- The target population are health care workers
- Health care workers in general should be screened on an annual basis using a
combination of symptom screen and radiography (where available).
- Xpert will be used as the first test for presumptive TB cases among health care
workers.
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