May 17, 2009

Desperately seeking Quantiferon

From the latest NTCA conference comes this narrative from Rachel Birk, TB Coordinator/HIV Surveillance Coordinator North Dakota DOH.

As North Dakota has a relatively low TB rate QFT was unavailable which meant Ms Birk had to travel long distances for the procedure. After a number of missed opportunities Ms Birk is now
Actively promoting large hospital laboratories to provide QFT-Gold testing