TB Test Information

Incoming New students/faculty:

• TB skin tests are no longer accepted.
• Initial tuberculosis screening must be documented by a negative QFT or TSPOT blood test within 90 days of the start of the clinical semester and will be repeated annually at the direction of your department. 
• The lab report must include name, date of birth, and the result date of the blood draw. 
• TB screening questionnaires must be completed before the start of EVERY clinical semester. 

Prior/Current positive blood test:

• If prior positive tuberculosis blood test, submit blood test results ALONG WITH a clear/negative chest x-ray lab report administered within the last 90 days, along with the TB Questionnaire. 
• Clinical sites may require a more recent chest x-ray.

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