“…To optimize the yield of contact investigation, the 2 interventions most frequently used in these outbreaks were prioritizing screening of contacts on the basis of TB risk ( 3 , 5 , 6 , 8 – 11 , 18 ) and offering location-based TB screening at specific venues associated with each outbreak, including bars, shelters, and drug houses ( 5 , 6 , 10 , 13 , 14 ). Although this intervention is resource-intensive, its benefits have been recognized in several investigations involving hard-to-reach populations ( 10 , 14 , 31 ). In 1 outbreak, unnamed contacts encountered at a drug house frequented by numerous TB patients were offered screening and were found to be 8× more likely to have a positive tuberculin skin test result than were named contacts ( 10 ).…”