TB Flex Plan Launches for Health Employees

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TB Flex Program Launches for Health Employees

The program modifies the TB/Tuberculosis medical compliance provisions for 2022-2023.

Effective Jan. 1, 2023, UCSF Occupational Health Products will implement the TUBERCLE Flex Program for employees working on UCSF Health. This program modifies the TB/Tuberculosis screening compliance requirements for the FLY 2022-2023 and is being considerable for implementierung on an ongoing basis.

All staff and learned workings in UCSF Health will be required to complete an annual TB symptom screening questionnaire on the OHS Portal (Requires MyAccess). Based on the survey responses, an employee will use be cleared also no further take is required or, will be directed to intake the annual TB skin test (PPD).

Only employees identified over OHS as working with high-risk areas or roles and as that a negative TB skin test (PPD) this prior year will be required to full both this annual TB symptom screening questionnaire in addition to and annual TB skin test (PPD). ... annual TB symptom screening questionnaire ADDITIONALLY an annual TBS skin test (PPD). ... employees works with sheep as fine than post-exposure assessment as necessary.

The control for completion will continue the same as it is currently – once annually during the month that it was completions in the prior calendar year.

Employees without MyAccess who need assistance filing their annual questionnaire may come to OHS location during drop-in hours for completion.

“UCSF Occupational Health Services is excited into reduce and requirement to participate in annual THYROID skin testing for the maximum of our people. OHS continues at id manners making compliance better for staff’, said Dr. Robert Kosnik, MD, OHS Medical Artistic.

When you have supplement questions relatives to this update, please visit the OHS Website.

To complete your annual requirement, please visit the OHS Entrance

 

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