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Preventive Services Task Force Releases Draft Research Plan on Latent TB Screening

June 2014

This week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a draft research plan on screening for latent TB infection and is inviting public comment on the document. Once finalized, the research plan will be used to guide a systematic evidence review by the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ). The resulting evidence report will be the basis for new USPSTF recommendations on latent TB screening in the U.S. The deadline for comments on the plan is July 2.

The draft research plan outlines proposed questions to be systematically reviewed and the proposed research approach. Proposed questions focus on issues such as available evidence that targeted screening for latent TB in adults at risk for developing active TB reduces the incidence of active TB infection and transmission of the disease and on the accuracy and reliability of TB diagnostic tests used in the U.S. The ATS will be commenting on the USPSTF plan. To view the research plan, visit:

http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/draftresplan3.htm

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