Details and outcome of tuberculosis screening at three sites
| New entrants (total number of individuals) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | Homeless | General practice | |
| NK=not known. *235 individuals were seen, but notes were missing for 36. †As tuberculin testing was carried out on all individuals, a further eight had a chest radiograph because of a positive (grade 3 or 4) tuberculin skin test, only one of whom was “white UK”. | |||
| Offered screening | 1262 | 172 (267) | NK (1311) |
| Screened for tuberculosis | 199* | 172 (262) | 45 (742) |
| Age >35 years with symptoms | 3 | 4† (4) | 0 |
| Tuberculin Heaf tests | 181 | 172 (262) | 39 (117) |
| Non-attendance | 54 | 45 (86) | 9 (29) |
| Grade 0 or 1, BCG scar | 0 | 0 | 4 (32) |
| Grade 0 or 1, no BCG scar | 18 | 18 (29) | 4 (14) |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 84 (111) | 14 (28) |
| Grade 3 or 4 | 9 | 13 (21) | 8 (14) |
| Outcome | |||
| BCG vaccination | 18 | 27 | 14 |
| Chemoprophylaxis (started) | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Chemoprophylaxis (completed) | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis diagnosed | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Access to NHS | |||
| Registered with a GP (%) | 62.7 | 41.9 | 100 |
| Notified by port of arrival | All | 9/172 | 0/45 |