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. 2010 Aug;48(8):2955-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02253-09. Epub 2010 Jun 23.

Utilization of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test in a two-step process with the tuberculin skin test to evaluate health care workers for latent tuberculosis

Baha Abdalhamid  1 , Steven H Hinrichs, Jodi L Garrett, Jean M O'Neill, Kristine M Hansen-Cain, Amy A Armbrust, Peter C Iwen
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Utilization of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test in a two-step process with the tuberculin skin test to evaluate health care workers for latent tuberculosis

Baha Abdalhamid et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

A cost analysis of combining a tuberculin skin test (TST) and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test (QFT-GT) to detect latent tuberculosis in newly hired health care workers was performed. An approximately 50% reduction in the cost of additional care was realized when workers with positive TST results were subsequently screened using the QFT-GT.

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