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The TST was administered to 472 children (43%), 460 returned for reading the test. A total of 41% thus completed the screening.  \nAccording to health workers the main impacts of TBI screening were:  \n• the new screening policy was time-consuming for parents and children  \n• the need for parents and children to travel at least twice to a PHS  \n• the frequent relocations of asylum seekers  \n• language barriers  \nBecause of the low uptake and the relocations children had to be reinvited. This was an administrative burden to the health workers . Conclusion: The percentage of children completing the screening is relatively low. There are various barriers identified by health workers including the need for parents and children to travel several times to a PHS, the relocations and language barriers. To assess the impact of this new policy in parents and children participative research is needed.  \nAbstract citation ID: ckaf180.198  \n224 Implementation of a new Tuberculosis-infection entry screening for asylum-seeking children in the Netherlands: lessons learned  \nSuzan van Dijken1 and Geertje Van Mensvoort1 1GGD GHOR Nederland, Utrecht, Nederland  \nOP 31: Refugees and Asylum Seekers 6, B207 (FCSH), September  \n5, 2025, 09:00-10:00  \nAim: To assess the impact of a new tuberculosis-infection (TBI) policy on the screening uptake in asylum-seeking children under  \n12 years of age. The tuberculosis (TB) entry-screening changed from using chest radiography at the central reception centre (COL) to a TBI screening at one of the 25 regional public health services (PHS) .  \nMethods: The screening uptake was analysed using data from the national TB registration system over a one-year period starting at 1 July 2023 . 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