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	POLICY: Baseline testing for M. tuberculosis infection shall be completed for all newly hired healthcare workers HCWs, regardless of the risk classification of the healthcare setting and can be conducted with the TST or BAMT. Baseline testing is also recommended for persons who will receive serial TB screening i.e., residents or staff of correctional facilities or long term care facilities LTCFs. Certain settings, with the support of the Infection Control Practitioner, might choose not to perform baseline or serial TB screening for healthcare workers who will never be in contact with or...
Second excerpt:
	... Hospital's risk classification. This decision, and changes over time based on updated risk assessments, shall be official and documented. If a serial follow-up screening program is required, the risk assessment for the healthcare setting see TB Risk Assessment Worksheet will determine which healthcare workers shall be included in the program and the frequency of screening. Two-step TST testing shall not be performed for follow-up testing. Follow-up testing shall be staggered rather...