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Kansas City health officials limit tuberculosis testing due to shortage
Posted 12:23 pm, August 20, 2019, by John Pepitone, Updated at 01:07PM, August 20, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A nationwide shortage of a type of protein is prompting the health department to limit tuberculosis testing.
The city clinic is no longer offering routine tuberculosis skin tests required by some schools and employers because of the shortage in tuberculin. The tests are being reserved for only those who have had contact with a suspected or active TB case, newly arrived refugees and immigrants and others who are at risk of contracting tuberculosis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say this shortage may last up to ten months...
Kansas City health officials limit tuberculosis testing due to shortage
Posted 12:23 pm, August 20, 2019, by John Pepitone, Updated at 01:07PM, August 20, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A nationwide shortage of a type of protein is prompting the health department to limit tuberculosis testing.
The city clinic is no longer offering routine tuberculosis skin tests required by some schools and employers because of the shortage in tuberculin. The tests are being reserved for only those who have had contact with a suspected or active TB case, newly arrived refugees and immigrants and others who are at risk of contracting tuberculosis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say this shortage may last up to ten months...