QuantiFERON-TB Test for Annual Screening of Healthcare Workers

Not Yet Ready for Prime Time in Low-Prevalence Countries

Gandra, Sumanth MD, MPH
Scott, William S. MD, MPH
Somaraju, Vijaya MD, MPH, FACP

1. Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care, Worcester, Massachusetts; 2. Occupational Health, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois; 3. Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Illinois.

Address correspondence to S. Gandra, MD, MPH, Infectious Diseases and Immunology Fellowship Office, UMass memorial Health Care, University Campus, 55 North Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655 ([email protected]).

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 32(5):p 518-519, May 2011.