International Students
Tuberculosis Screening
Tuberculosis (TB) screening is required for incoming international students (or those considered to be international students) that were born in, resided in, or traveled to one of the following countries:
Afghanistan Algeria Angola Anguilla Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Côte d'Ivoire Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad China China, Hong Kong SAR |
China, Macao SAR Colombia Comoros Congo Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Greenland Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti |
Honduras India Indonesia Iraq Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Morocco Mozambique |
Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia |
South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimba |
UNIVERSITY POLICY REQUIRES:
- T-Spot or Quantiferon Gold blood testing is required (no skin tests).
- Tuberculosis testing must be done within the first 12 months of enrollment.
- Students with a prior BCG immunization still require tuberculosis testing.
- Students with positive TB test results will be evaluated at Student Health Services.
- For chest x-rays to be accepted in place of the blood test, chest x-rays MUST have been done in the UNITED STATES and within the last 12 months prior to enrollment.
Student Health Services personnel will apply a registration hold which will go into effect five weeks after classes start for students who meet the TB screening requirement. This hold will not be in effect during the first five weeks of class. This will allow enough time for international students to add and drop classes as needed. After five weeks, the hold will go into effect which will prevent students from being able to register for classes the following semester.
TB Screening documentation must be presented to Student Health Services OR the TB blood drawn test (T-Spot) must be administered at Student Health Services for the hold to be completely removed.
International students can contact the clinic to make an appointment for TB screening. 806.743.2848. Appointments are available Monday - Friday, from 8:00 - 2:00 for TB testing.
To understand the Meningitis requirement for all incoming students, visit our Immunization Requirements for New Students page.
TB SCREENING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY, FOR THOSE:
Persons who have been close contacts of a person with infectious TB.
Persons with signs or symptoms of active TB.
Student Health Services
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Address
Texas Tech University, Student Wellness Center, 1003 Flint (Corner of Flint and Main) Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
806.743.2848 -
Email
studenthealthservices@ttuhsc.edu