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amother
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 Tue, Dec 31 2024, 12:46 pm
In NJ
For first time employees
They inject you with something and see if you react. It's to test for exposure to tuberculosis. Is this a vaccine or something? Is there any way to get out of it?
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happymommy12
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 2:03 pm
I had to do this for nursing school before working in the hospital
It’s not a vaccine, it’s a screening test.
If you were exposed at some point to TB and it is latent in your blood stream then you will have a skin reaction to the material that they inject in your arm. If you don’t have it latent, then there will be no reaction and you are good.
If you test positive (have a skin reaction) then there are more tests to do to confirm that you were indeed exposed, and most doctors recommend taking preventative antibiotics to make sure that it doesn’t Chas vshalom turn active.
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amother
Denim
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 2:09 pm
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It's just a screening. It's not a big deal. Your Dr can do it.
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NotInNJMommy
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 2:43 pm
It was very regular in many places even outside of NJ/NY years ago. I grew up in OH and would get TB tests yearly when I was a young child in the 80s. Not a big deal.
It would be very important to know if one had TB to treat it and minimize spread and in NJ, it’s still a concern.
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amother
Freesia
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 2:51 pm
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Yes husband has been taking antibiotics for four months because his test came out positive....
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amother
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 2:53 pm
You can do a blood test instead of the skin test if your prefer, so nothing is injected into your body
It's not a big deal and very common for it to be required
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amother
Wheat
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 3:02 pm
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There’s a blood test you can take instead iirc it’s called quantiferon something
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isrmss91
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 3:17 pm
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I think they stopped doing what I called the "beubble TB test" Now they screen via blood test. I have to do this yearly, while working in pre-school. NY area.
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oneofakind
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 3:50 pm
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Try to get the blood test instead. I find blood tests hurt less, don't leave you with this weird circle on your inner forearm and you don't have to go back to the doctor 2 or 3 days later to verify that you don't have a reaction.
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amother
Lily
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 4:28 pm
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Dh just had the quantiferon test and it came back as indeterminate. His dr told him to go for a chest X-ray instead of the skin test because it’s more accurate. Can someone explain this to me?
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amother
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Tue, Dec 31 2024, 5:29 pm
| amother Lily wrote: | | Dh just had the quantiferon test and it came back as indeterminate. His dr told him to go for a chest X-ray instead of the skin test because it’s more accurate. Can someone explain this to me? |
Skin test is a screening, screenings are usually somewhat less accurate than diagnostic tests like xrays
If someone tests positive on the skin test they are sent for a chest xray
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