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Any suggestions/recommendations concerning use of sharp safety devices
and products or practices that anyone wants to have evaluated should be
forwarded to the Infection Control department.
Infection Control and Employee Health Office analyze needle stick and other
sharps-related injuries; set priorities and develop strategies for prevention of
sharps injuries; select safety devices after evaluation by potential users; and
recommend needed training in safe use and disposal of needles and sharps.

Tuberculosis Facts

Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease
transmitted through sneezing, coughing,

and sharing contaminated air space.
Confirmation of infection due to an exposure to TB is
made through the use of a Tuberculin Skin Test (TST),
such as a PPD or a Quantiferon blood that detects Latent
TB Infection (LTBI).

Five to ten percent of these people will go on to develop
the illness sometime in their life. The main purpose of
diagnosing the latent stage is to consider medical
treatment for preventing active disease.

People can carry inactive TB, have no symptoms and not be infectious to others. A
positive PPD may mean that you have been exposed to TB and are infected. It cannot
detect whether or not the disease is active. If your PPD is positive or you have symptoms,
a chest X-Ray is performed. The chest X-Ray associated with symptoms will
determine whether or not active TB is present.