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How do the 1991 TB Technical Instructions screen for TB?

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How do the 1991 TB Technical Instructions screen for TB?

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The 1991 TB Technical Instructions call for a chest x-ray and three sputum samples (i.e., a small amount of mucus from deep in the lungs) to determine if immigrants or refugees have TB. The sputum sample is looked at by a lab to see if TB bacteria are present.