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FAQs

What if I fail a TB test? ›

If your skin test is positive or if you may have a false negative, a doctor may administer a blood TB test. The results of these tests can determine if you should receive treatment and with what type of medication.

The test may be done at any local health department, primary care clinic, doctors office, CVS, Walgreens etc.

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Interpreting test results. The skin test reaction should be read between 48 and 72 hours after administration by a health care worker trained to read TB skin results. If a patient has symptoms of TB disease, health care providers should not wait for TB skin test results before starting other diagnostic tests.

You don't any special preparations for TB skin test or a TB blood test.

A “positive” TB blood test result means you probably have TB germs in your body. Most people with a positive TB blood test have latent TB infection. To be sure, your doctor will examine you and do a chest x-ray. You may need other tests to see if you have latent TB infection or active TB disease.

What if my TB skin test is negative? The test is “negative” if there is no bump (or only a very small bump) at the spot where the fluid was injected. A negative TB skin test usually means that you don't have TB. In some situations, you may need to have another TB skin test later.

Best practice indicates that a two-step tuberculin skin test (TST) involves two tests performed within one to four weeks of each other. The second test can be completed up to one year from the first test, provided there has not been an exposure to infectious tuberculosis (TB) disease during that time period.

The two-step TB skin test can lower the chance that a boosted reaction from an old TB infection will be misinterpreted as a recent infection. If the reaction to the first-step TB skin test is classified as negative, a second-step TB skin test is given one to three weeks after the first test is read.

All administration of Tuberculin Skin Tests is done by staff that has completed State TST Certification training. How is TB Spread? TB is spread person to person through the air.

Who is most at risk for TB? ›

People at high risk for progression to TB disease once infected include: Persons with human immunodeficiency virus HIV infection. Persons who were infected with M. tuberculosis within the past 2 years, particularly infants and very young children.

Please answer the following questions:

Have you ever had a positive TB skin test? Have you ever had close contact with anyone who was sick with TB? Have you ever been vaccinated with BCG? * The significance of the travel exposure should be discussed with a health care provider and evaluated.

Tuberculosis testing is not currently available with an at-home kit. Tests for both latent and active TB infections require careful administration and interpretation by a health professional in a medical setting.

A negative test usually means the person is not infected. However, the test may be falsely negative in a person who has been recently infected. It usually takes 2 to 10 weeks after exposure to a person with TB disease for the skin test to react positive.

How often can TSTs be repeated? In general, there is no risk associated with repeated tuberculin skin test placements. If a person does not return within 48-72 hours for a tuberculin skin test reading, a second test can be placed as soon as possible.

What if my TB skin test is negative? The test is "negative" if there is no bump (or only a very small bump) at the spot where the fluid was injected. A negative TB skin test usually means that you don't have TB. In some situations, you may need to have another TB skin test later.

Record of a communicable disease has been regarded as a disability. This means that employment law, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), protects those with TB, or exposed to TB against employment discrimination.

If you have a reaction to the test, it will look like a raised bump. Your health care provider will measure the size of the reaction. If there is a bump, it will go away in a few weeks.