I think most cooks in restaurants have to get a tuberculosis before they will be hired.
A person with a "latent TB" infection means that they will test positive on the TB skin test, but that they don't have active TB disease. A person with a latent TB infection cannot spread the TB bacteria to others. But about 10% of persons with a latent TB infection develop active TB sometime later in their life.
What I cannot figure out is this: If a TB skin test and a medical examination shows that the person only has latent TB and not active TB, will he be hired to work as a cook?
I have searched and searched and can't find any source that answers this question.
Thank you.
I am concerned that persons who hire at restaurants will just see the "positive" result on the TB skin test, and then flatly refuse to hire anyone who only has latent (inactive, dormant) TB, and not active, infectious TB. It seems that the general public, and even some medical personal, are misinformed about all this.
A person with a "latent TB" infection means that they will test positive on the TB skin test, but that they don't have active TB disease. A person with a latent TB infection cannot spread the TB bacteria to others. But about 10% of persons with a latent TB infection develop active TB sometime later in their life.
What I cannot figure out is this: If a TB skin test and a medical examination shows that the person only has latent TB and not active TB, will he be hired to work as a cook?
I have searched and searched and can't find any source that answers this question.
Thank you.
I am concerned that persons who hire at restaurants will just see the "positive" result on the TB skin test, and then flatly refuse to hire anyone who only has latent (inactive, dormant) TB, and not active, infectious TB. It seems that the general public, and even some medical personal, are misinformed about all this.