Tuberculosis Screening Program for Researchers and Research Support Staff
| Occupational Exposure | Initial Screening | Repeat Screenings | |
| Working with Mycobacteria tuberculosis (Non-multidrug resistant – NMDR) | High | Two-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report | Annual TB education and skin test, IGRA, or TB symptom screen for those with documented prior positive test |
| NEIDL BSL-2, BSL-3 and BSL-4 Research Staff | High | Two-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report | NEIDL BSL-4 ONLY if working with animals or entering animal space, annual TB education and skin test, IGRA, or TB symptom screen for those with documented prior positive test
Repeat screenings unnecessary if not entering BSL-4 animal spaces, not working with Mycobacteria tuberculosis or NHP’s |
| NEIDL Facilities, Public Safety, IT and EHS staff | Low | Two-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report | Annual TB education and symptom screens |
| Non-NEIDL Facilities, IT staff entering non-human primate spaces | Low | Two-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report | Annual TB education and symptom screens |
| Medical Campus Animal Science staff not working with non-human primates | Low | Two-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report | Annual TB education and symptom screens |
| Medical Campus researchers and Animal Science staff working with non-human primates | High | Two-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report | Annual TB education and skin test, IGRA, or TB symptom screen for those with documented prior positive test |
| Medical Campus researchers working with animals other than primates | Low | None | N/A |
| Researchers working with patients or human subjects | Low | Two-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report | Annual TB education and symptom screens unless high risk group (Respiratory or Microbiology Technician or work in TB Clinic for which will continue with annual TB screening with testing) |
| NEIDL administrative staff | N/A | None | N/A |
| Researchers and others who do not work with human or animal primate subjects | N/A | None | N/A |
| IACUC inspectors entering non-human primate rooms | Low | Two-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report | Annual TB education and skin test, IGRA, or TB symptom screen for those with documented prior positive test |