Baseline Tuberculosis Screening and Testing for Health Care Personnel

Baseline Two-Step TB Skin Test for Health Care Personnel

If the Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST) is used for baseline testing of health care personnel, use two-step testing.

Purpose

Two-step testing is recommended for the initial TB skin test for adults who may be tested periodically, such as health care personnel. This procedure is especially important for settings that are classified as low risk where testing is indicated only upon exposure.

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Some people with latent TB infection have a negative reaction to the TB skin test when tested years after being infected. However, if they are tested again within a year of the first test, they may have a positive reaction. The first TB skin test can “trigger the memory” of the immune system, boosting its ability to react to the second TB skin test.

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It may appear that these people were infected between the first and second tests. However, the second positive test reaction is actually a boosted reaction due to TB infection that occurred a long time ago.

Two-step TB skin test process

The TB skin test should be placed and read by a designated, trained health care provider. Consult with your state and local public health authorities to determine who is authorized to place and read TB skin tests in your state.

Step 1

1. Administer first TB skin test following proper protocol.
2. Review result, using the individual TB risk assessment to help interpret test results.
   1. If the result is negative, a second TB skin test is needed (see step 2). Retest the health care personnel 1 to 3 weeks after the first TB skin test result is read.
   2. If the result is positive and the health care personnel is at low risk, administer a second test.
   3. If the result of the second test is also positive (for health care personnel at low risk) or the health care personnel is at risk, consider the health care personnel to be infected with TB and evaluate for TB disease.
3. Document result.

Step 2

1. Administer second TB skin test 1 to 3 weeks after the first TB skin test result is read following proper protocol.
2. Review results. If positive, consider the health care personnel to be infected with TB and evaluate for TB disease. Use the individual TB risk assessment to help interpret test results. If negative, consider not infected.
3. Document result.

If the second test result of a two-step TB skin test is not read within 48-72 hours:

• Administer a TB skin test as soon as possible (even if several months have elapsed). Read the result within 48-72 hours.
• If a person fails to return within 72 hours and has a negative test result, repeat the TB skin test. TB skin tests can be repeated at any time. In general, there’s no health risk associated with repeated TB skin tests.

A second TB skin test is not needed if the person has a documented TB skin test result from any time during the previous 12 months.

• If a person has had a documented negative TB skin test result within the previous 12 months, a single TB skin test can be administered.
• This additional TB skin test represents the second stage of two-step testing.

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