{"id":25724,"date":"2020-10-06T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T19:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?page_id=25724"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:46:12","slug":"tuberculosis-screening-program-for-researchers-and-research-support-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/safety\/rohp\/tuberculosis-screening-program-for-researchers-and-research-support-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberculosis Screening Program for Researchers and Research Support Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/td>\nOccupational Exposure<\/strong><\/td>\nInitial Screening<\/strong><\/td>\nRepeat Screenings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Working with Mycobacteria tuberculosis (Non-multidrug resistant – NMDR)<\/strong><\/td>\nHigh<\/td>\nTwo-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report<\/td>\nAnnual TB education and skin test, IGRA, or TB symptom screen for those with documented prior positive test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NEIDL BSL-2, BSL-3 and BSL-4 Research Staff<\/strong><\/td>\nHigh<\/td>\nTwo-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report<\/td>\nNEIDL BSL-4 ONLY<\/strong> 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<\/p>\n

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Repeat screenings unnecessary if not entering BSL-4 animal spaces, not working with Mycobacteria tuberculosis or NHP’s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

NEIDL Facilities, Public Safety, IT and EHS staff<\/strong><\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nTwo-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report<\/td>\nAnnual TB education and symptom screens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Non-NEIDL Facilities, IT staff entering non-human primate spaces<\/strong><\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nTwo-step skin test, IGRA,\u00a0 or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report<\/td>\nAnnual TB education and symptom screens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medical Campus Animal Science staff not working with non-human primates<\/strong><\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nTwo-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report<\/td>\nAnnual TB education and symptom screens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medical Campus researchers and Animal Science staff working with non-human primates<\/strong><\/td>\nHigh<\/td>\nTwo-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report<\/td>\nAnnual TB education and skin test, IGRA, or TB symptom screen for those with documented prior positive test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medical Campus researchers working with animals other than primates<\/strong><\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Researchers working with patients or human subjects<\/strong><\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nTwo-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report<\/td>\nAnnual 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)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NEIDL administrative staff<\/strong><\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Researchers and others who do not work with human or animal primate subjects<\/strong><\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IACUC inspectors entering non-human primate rooms<\/strong><\/td>\nLow<\/td>\nTwo-step skin test, IGRA, or acceptable documentation of a positive test with CXR report<\/td>\nAnnual TB education and skin test, IGRA, or TB symptom screen for those with documented prior positive test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15731,"featured_media":0,"parent":3108,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15731"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25724"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62976,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25724\/revisions\/62976"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}