The campus is a densely populated place and a potential high incidence of various infectious diseases, including tuberculosis. Tuberculosis prevention and control in schools has always been a key area of tuberculosis prevention and control in China.
Based on the importance of tuberculosis prevention and control on campus, a number of policies, regulations and regulations have proposed to include tuberculosis screening in the physical examination program for new students
Measures for the Prevention and Control of TuberculosisIt is required that when organizing and carrying out health examinations and preventive health examinations, it is necessary to focus on tuberculosis screening for teachers and staff of all types of schools and childcare institutions at all levels and new students enrolled in schools;
The 13th Five-Year Plan for the Prevention and Control of TuberculosisIt is clearly proposed that tuberculosis screening should be included in the health examination program for school admission, and "the proportion of tuberculosis screening in students' physical examinations will be significantly increased" as the planning and assessment indicators;
"School Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Work Specification (2017 Edition)".It is required that tuberculosis-related examination items be made a mandatory item in the physical examination of new students entering schools, and that the tuberculosis examination programs of new students enrolled in different types of schools be listed as a separate annex;
Stop TB Action Plan (2019-2022).It is proposed to carry out intensive tuberculosis prevention and control actions for key populations, and require that the proportion of tuberculosis screening among students should be significantly increased;
WS T 642-2019 Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Colleges and UniversitiesIt is required that new students should have a health examination at the time of admission and before graduation, and tuberculosis screening should be a mandatory item in the physical examination of new students.
The physical examination and screening of new students for tuberculosis is a key measure for primary and secondary schools to carry out tuberculosis prevention and control. To prevent tuberculosis in schools, early screening is important