Collaboration With School Nurses

Abstract

Systematic collaboration with school nurses can increase TST reading rates.

Missed Opportunities for Tuberculosis Screening in Primary Care

“…14 In contrast, other studies reported limited improvements in the percent of children who had their TST read by coordinating with school nurses, and no meaningful improvements with measures to improve parent knowledge or provide transportation back to clinic. 13, 22 One clinic-specific step for improvement in our study clinic could be clarifying high-risk countries in the provider template.…”

“…12 One study published in 2001 reported a completed tuberculosis-screening rate between 43–50% in an urban, academic pediatric practice. 13 Despite improvements in overall screening since the release of updated AAP recommendations in 2004, incomplete documentation of pediatric LTBI screening continues to occur. We did find that children who had a TST placed in the last year of the secondary analysis were more likely to have documentation of TST results compared with the first year.…”