From: Are residential and nursing homes adequately screening overseas healthcare workers?
Test | Directly recruited by the home | Recruited via a nursing agency |
---|---|---|
HIV | 6% | 27% |
Hepatitis B | 10% | 27% |
Hepatitis C | 4% | 13% |
Chest x-ray to exclude TB | 8% | 10% |
Mantoux or Heaf test to exclude TB | 6% | 17% |