Iowa Admin. Code r. 481-59.3 - TB risk assessment
(1)
Annually, a health care facility or hospital shall conduct a TB risk assessment
to evaluate the risk for transmission of
M. tuberculosis ,
regardless of whether a person with suspected or confirmed TB disease is
expected to be encountered in the facility or hospital . The TB risk assessment
shall be utilized to determine the types of administrative, environmental, and
respiratory protection controls needed and serves as an ongoing evaluation tool
of the quality of TB infection control and for the identification of needed
improvements in infection control measures.
(2) The TB risk assessment shall include the number of
persons with infectious TB encountered in the facility or hospital that
resulted in the facility 's or hospital 's conducting a contact investigation of
exposed HCWs or patients during the previous 12 months.
(3) TB cases include persons who had undiagnosed
infectious pulmonary or laryngeal TB while in the facility or hospital during
the preceding year. This does not include persons with LTBI (treated or
untreated), persons with extrapulmonary TB disease, or persons with pulmonary
and laryngeal TB who have met criteria for noninfectiousness.
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