ROWAN UNIVERSITY POLICY
Title: Tuberculosis Surveillance
Subject: Health and Safety
Policy No: HS: 2013:01
Applies: University-wide
Issuing Authority: Vice President, Health Sciences
Responsible Officer: Vice President, Health Sciences(signature)
Adopted: 10/15/13
Last Revision:
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29/13
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to protect the health and safety of the RowanSOM community by establishing a baseline of current information in an effort to reduce the risk of transmission of tuberculosis (TB) infection.
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C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) "Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 9, 2000, 49(RR06); 1-54. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4906a1.htm
D. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Program Requirements "Preventing Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis," revised November 2004. www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/peoshweb/tbguide.pdf (This was last updated 11/2005.)
E. Centers for Disease Control. Guidelines for using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, United States. MMWR 2005:54(No. RR-15):49-55. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5415a4.htm?s_cid=rr5415a4_e
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5417.pdf
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=4988
www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/peoshweb/tbguide.pdf (This was last updated November 2004)
V. POLICY
A. Requirements.
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