Please contact the Occupational Health Nurse at 1-2227 to receive this vaccine, or look for postings about Employee Flu Shot Clinics. This is not a covered immunization in the New Employee Immunization Package. If you choose to have this immunization in the Immunization Clinics you will be charged as a regular clinic patient. TB tests can not be given on a Thursday as they must be read in no less than 48 hours to 72 hours from the date given. The clinics are not open on the weekends.
Tetanus vaccination is given.
This it to prevent any possibility of false positive reactions. You need to return to the clinic within 2 to 3 days, otherwise the test will need to be done again. You will need to obtain a radiology requisition form for a chest x-ray from the Nurse in Clinic 1A. You will need to take a copy of the New Employee Immunization Form signed by your manager and a copy of the TB Test results from the clinic that the results from the clinic in which your TB test results were read. You need to tell the clerk that you need to make a New employee TB evaluation appointment with Dr. Hale, and that you need to obtain a Radiology Requisition for a chest x-ray to rule out TB . You need to have the chest x-ray before you see Dr. Hale.