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Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Annual Symptom TB Screening
the tuberculosis evaluation is required, I recommend as follows: _______There is no indication this person has active tuberculosis currently. _______ Further evaluation, including a TB Skin Test, Interferon Gamma Release Assay or other
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