What does a positive TB test look like?

[Purple Princess]

Hi, got a good one for ya all tonight. I went Tuesday morning to get my first of two injections of TB for a new job. I'm to go back tomorrow to get it read. Now I've had this same test two years in a row for school physicals. But this time there is a reddish pink mark around the injection site that doesn't blanch much. I ran my finger along the skin and it's only slightly raised, barely detectable. I'm paranoid because one patient I worked with during my respiratory observation back in October was suspected to have TB because while she was in for pneumonia and had infection she also spit up some blood when they had her give a sputum sample to be tested. Any help would be appreciated.

[NicoleERRN, RN]

I had a second TB today as well, the first one was negative as could be, didn't feel a thing and you couldn't even see puncture hole, However, my test today was painful, and a few minutes after it was done, the area began to redden and a bruise has formed! I am not sure what she did, but i'm pretty sure it wasn't right! Sorry about your experience, You should know more when they read it .

[EmmaG, RN]

mfordf150 said:

I had a second TB today as well, the first one was negative as could be, didn't feel a thing and you couldn't even see puncture hole, However, my test today was painful, and a few minutes after it was done, the area began to redden and a bruise has formed! I am not sure what she did, but i'm pretty sure it wasn't right! Sorry about your experience, You should know more when they read it .

Our employee health nurse was sweet as she could be, and she really knew her stuff, but when it came to administering a PPD she was brutal. Blood running down the arm, nasty bruise, pain. Every time...

The hospital put most all of us through a class in how to read PPDs. Then we were allowed to give and read each other's yearly tests. They said it because it was more efficient, but I often wondered if she'd gotten a hold of one of the administration lol.