S02_-_IFB_-_TB_Pre-Construction_Testing_Requirement_-_LB_-_Remove_Replace_Emergency_Generator.docx

TB PRE-CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT

Contractor must provide written certification that all contract employees assigned to the work site have had a pre-placement tuberculin screening within 90 days prior to assignment to the work site and been found to have negative TB screening reactions. Contractors will be required to show documentation of negative TB screening reactions for any additional workers who are added after the 90-day requirement before they will be allowed to work on the work site. NOTE: This can be the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and two-step skin testing or a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – approved blood test.

Contract employees manifesting positive screening reactions to the tuberculin must be examined according to current CDC guidelines prior to working on VA property.

Subsequently, if the employee is found without evidence of active (infectious) pulmonary TB, a statement documenting examination by a physician must be on file with the employer (construction contractor), noting that the employee with a positive tuberculin screening test is without evidence of active (infectious) pulmonary TB.

If the employee is found with evidence of active (infectious) pulmonary TB, the employee would require treatment with a subsequent statement to the fact on file with the employer before being allowed to return to work on VA property.