In order to reduce the spread of tuberculosis on campus, the National Health Commission recently issued the Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Schools in China. Among them, it is clear that schools at all levels and types should carry out tuberculosis-related examinations in freshmen's physical examinations and routine physical examinations of faculty and staff, and incorporate the results into the health records of students and faculty.
The guidelines require that schools at all levels and types should carry out tuberculosis-related examinations in freshmen's physical examinations and routine physical examinations of faculty and staff, and incorporate the results of physical examinations into the health records of students and faculty.
In principle, it should be completed before the students enter school, and at the latest, it should be completed within 1 month after the start of school. The contents of physical examination mainly include the close contact history of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and the inquiry of suspicious symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis, TST (tuberculin skin test) detection and chest X-ray examination.
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The Guide adopts strict prevention and control measures to prevent tuberculosis from spreading on campus:
The Guide stipulates that if there are 10 or more cases of pulmonary tuberculosis or death cases with epidemiological relevance in the same semester, the health administrative department of the county (district) where the school is located should judge whether it constitutes a public health emergency according to the results of on-site investigation and public health risk assessment.
In addition, primary and secondary schools and child care institutions should strengthen daily morning check-ups to trace and register the reasons for absenteeism due to illness; Colleges and universities should improve the collection and submission channels of students' health information in dormitories, classes, hospitals (departments), student offices, school hospitals, etc., and timely find suspected tuberculosis patients or those with suspicious symptoms of tuberculosis.
In particular, strengthen active monitoring of classes, grades, dormitory floors, classes and dormitories with high infection rates to ensure that students with suspicious symptoms of tuberculosis are found in time and effectively referred.
CCTV News-National Health Planning Commission: TB physical examination results will be included in students' health records.