HENRICO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

8600 DIXON POWERS DRIVE

P. O. BOX 90775
HENRICO, VIRGINIA 23273-0775
In cooperation with the
State Department of Health

April 24, 2017

The Henrico Health Department is writing to inform you that you or your Freeman High School (DSF)
student may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) during the current school year. The Health Department
would like you to complete a TB screening at DSF during the school day on Monday, May 1, 2017. You or
your DSF student will be given a TB screening time. Please check with the School Nurse on Thursday or
Friday this week to find out your assigned time. Please see the additional information below about how the
TB screening process will work.

TB Screening and Testing Process

The Henrico Health Department will conduct all screening and testing and the delivery of test results
at DSF.
Please bring the attached Contact Registration form. Please fill out the Client Section on the top of
the form and have a parent or guardian sign if the person being screened is under 18 years old.
Screening and testing will take approximately 15 to 30 minutes.
You will receive a brief interview about possible TB symptoms and your overall health status.
You will be offered a TB skin test or blood test. If you get the skin test, you will need to have it read
on Wednesday (May 3). We will know the blood test results by May 4 at the latest.
If the skin test or blood test is positive, you will be sent for a chest x-ray.
Based on the results of the chest-ray, certain antibiotics will be recommended.
If the skin test or blood test is negative, you may need to have a second test during the summer.
More information will be given to you closer to that time.
There is no charge to you for the TB skin test, blood test, or chest x-ray if they are done through the
Henrico Health Department, but please bring a front and back copy of your health insurance card to
the screening. If you have health insurance and choose to have the blood test done, your insurance
may be billed for the cost. However, if you have a high deductible or if your insurance does not
cover the test for any reason, you will not have to pay.

The Henrico Health Department will be holding a TB informational meeting for the entire DSF community
on Wednesday, April 26 at 6:00 PM in the DSF gymnasium. There will be additional informational meetings
for students, faculty and staff on Thursday, April 27 during the lunch hour.

Please keep in mind that currently there is no known risk of TB to the Freeman community. We look forward
to meeting you and helping you through the screening process and answering any questions you might have.
If you have any questions about TB or the plan for testing, please contact Rachel Pryor, RN or Eliana
Dwyer, RN at the Henrico Health Department at (804) 501-4519 or (804) 501-4643, respectively.

Sincerely,

Rachel Pryor, RN, MPH Susan Fischer Davis, MD

TB Public Health Nurse, Sr. Health Director