Published Nov 10, 2013
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fairyluv
101 Posts
Have you ever had a positive result and what did you have to do about it ??
JustBeachyNurse, LPN
13,957 Posts
Depends. Those with positive results are required to follow the CDC protocol for additional testing and possibly treatment. Someone who has a positive skin test yet was born overseas and had a BCG vaccine will be looked at a little differently than someone who was exposed to a patient with active TB.
You can find a lot of answers here:
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/default.htm
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
20,908 Posts
Beachy has given you the CDC website for facts about TB. CDC | TB | Testing & Diagnosis
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