Tuberculosis (TB)
Guidelines for tuberculosis screening of healthcare students
The aim of this document is to provide a standardised approach to TB risk assessment and screening of healthcare students throughout the Auckland region. This document is complemented by an information package and a power point presentation suitable for the education of students prior to TB screening. This document can be downloaded in full as a PDF file (475kb pdf) or the following appendices containing a questionnaire, information, and templates are separately downloadable as word documents.
- Appendix 1 - Written information for students (66kb Word file)
- Appendix 2 - TB questionnaire for risk assessment of health care students & consent for Mantoux testing (112kb Word file)
- Appendix 5 - Positive Mantoux test - student information (65kb Word file)
- Appendix 6 - QuantiFERON® TB-Gold test - student information (70kb Word file)
- Appendix 7 - Letter for students with LTBI (64kb Word file)
- Appendix 8 - ARPHS referral template (86kb Word file)
Power point presentation:
- TB presentation for Healthcare Students (1.2 MB ppt)
