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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Nurse Pract. 2020 Jul 31;16(9):673–678. doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.06.027

Table 3.

American Academy of Pediatrics-Endorsed Tuberculosis Infection Risk Factor Questionnaire in Previously Healthy Childrena

Bright Futures Visits 1, 6, 12 months; annually beginning at 2 years through 17 years
Risk assessment
  • Is your child infected with HIV

  • Has a family member or contact had tuberculosis disease?

  • Has a family member had a positive IGRA or TST result?

  • Was your child born in a high-risk country (countries other than the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or Western and Northern European countries)?

  • Has your child traveled (had contact with resident populations) to a high-risk country for more than 1 week?

IGRA = interferon-γ release assay; TST = tuberculin skin test.

a

Adapted from Bright Futures Medical Screening Reference Table (brightfutures.aap.org/Bright%20Futures%20Documents/MSRTable_MCVisits_BF4.pdf) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/testing/whobetested.htm