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. 2017 Mar 18;7:40–48. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2017.02.002

Table 1.

Latent tuberculosis infection indicators in The Netherlands, 2015.

Target group for LTBI screening in the Netherlands Number eligible for LTBI screening Number screened for LTBI Screening coverage Number LTBI cases diagnosed and reported to NTR Number cases that initiated LTBI treatment LTBI treatment coverage Number completed LTBI treatment (2014) LTBI completion rate (2014) Number with active TB reported to NTR TB incidence among target group (per 100,000)
All contacts of TB patients * * * 867 679 78% 505/575 88% 65
People living with HIV 865 ‡ Unknown – 3 3 100% 4/4 100% 36
Patients initiating / on TNF-alpha blocking treatment Unknown Unknown – 192** 177** 92% 151/169** 89% 14
Patients preparing for (or with) organ or hematologic transplantation Unknown Unknown – 5
Health care workers Unknown Unknown – 21 17 81% 27/29 93% 6
Travelers Unknown Unknown – 22 18 82% 20/20 100%
Others*** Unknown Unknown – 328 234 79% 194/216 90%
Total Unknown Unknown – 1433 1128 79% 901/1013 89%

Note: There is no policy in the Netherlands to screen patients with renal insufficiency/ dialysis or with silicosis for LTBI.

LTBI: latent tuberculosis infection; NTR: Netherlands Tuberculosis Register; TB: tuberculosis.

*

Data is available of the number of contacts eligible for TB examination in source tracing and contact investigation (n= 7162) related to a TB patient diagnosed in 2014, the number of contacts actually screened for LTBI (n= 5446) and the screening coverage (76%). The dataset allows a breakdown in intensity of contacts, i.e. household and close contacts, but not (yet) for age group, such as children.

**

LTBI screening data in the NTR has been combined for patients initiating TNF-alpha blocking therapy and preparing for transplantation.

***

Others: mainly pre-employment, pre-travel and other low-risk LTBI screening.

‡

Estimated number of newly diagnosed patients with HIV in 2015 in the Netherlands [55]. Immigrants from TB high-incidence countries and HIV patients at increased risk for TB due to travel or other exposure (contacts of TB patients) are prioritised in the Netherlands for LTBI screeing [56].