Are COs tested yearly for TB?
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| How many of you COs are tested yearly for TB? And how many jails test on upon in-take? Just curious, municiple jail here and we test when hired as CO, do not test inmates at all.Thanks! | |
| We test yearly in Iowa. | |
CW
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In Ohio we are tested yearly, but not upon initial hiring. |
chottrn
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COs, contract employees and inmates are all tested initially and annually |
Jodens
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At our facility in south dakota we do not test inmates upon arrival at this time into the booking area. We do test the inmates after 14 days of being with us. The officers are able to be tested as they wish, many of us encourage them to do the screening every year. |
ibastoner
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Arkansas state facilities test all inmates and staff initially and yearly. I also work part time at a Texas county facility and we were tested initially and yearly there. Inmates were only tested if they were to be with us long term. |
waltl
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we are tested ever year in florida and when there has been a suspected contact |
sauer800
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i work for a large county jail in NE OH. we are tested 2 times a year. the inmates are tested upon intake. when an inmate has tested positive they usually put that info on our floor cards (info regarding inmate) |
OfficerMerc
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COs & I/Ms are tested initially and yearly in TN |
1265
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In our AZ jail the officers are tested yearly and inmates after a couple of weeks unless the med screen during the booking process indicates a possible problem. |
Seaspirlt
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Here in NYSDOCS inmates are tested on arrival and quarantined until the results are read.CO’s are tested when hired and once a year thereafter. If you work in a hospital or infirmary area you are tested every 3 or 6 months as you are at an increased risk. If an outbreak occurs everyone in the area is retested as a precaution. |
Transporter
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Jail Standards (the governing body/organization for county jails) says we have to test for TB on inmates within 7 days of intake. If we have medical information from a transferring facility showing where they have already been tested, or we have had them in our facility (too often the case!) we do not re-test them until a year has passed. As a CO/DO we are tested on or before our anniversary date every year. (Once I pissed off the nurse BAD just before my due date. I had to make amends quickly!! lol) |
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