Reading TB Tests...

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I was wondering if it is legal for an RN to read the TB test of a friend, although they did not administer the TB test.

Thanks, Annie

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Probably not a good idea. Usually they are read in order to be logged in an official record of some kind. I've read many I didn't give, but only in an "official capacity" as an RN working for a healthcare facility.

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Thanks for the info!!!! :p

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I was wondering if it is legal for an RN to read the TB test of a friend, although they did not administer the TB test.

Thanks, Annie

My nurse administered the TB test and didn't show up the following Monday due to a death in the family. Another nurses recorded it as negative but didn't give me the shot since my nurse forgot to record she even did it!

I dunno. :uhoh21:

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I was wondering if it is legal for an RN to read the TB test of a friend, although they did not administer the TB test.

Thanks, Annie

Yes, it is legal.

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