shots - Page 2

lrcantrell · 10-22-2004, 09:22 AM

hang on!!!! STOP!!!! I'm just reading this for the first time and have NEVER, EVER heard of doing the TB skin test a second time for any reason!!!! (and I work in the medical field!!!). I don't want to scare you but if they give you that test to many times then you can start showing a false positive reaction!!!! If you get this before your test, call your doctor or any hospital and ask for the infectious disease nurse and ask them to clarify. That's just insane that they are doing that to you!!!

biochemtine · 10-22-2004, 11:00 AM

I've heard of getting it twice, if the first time shows up positive...which is rare. My EMT instructor said he had to have it redone one year.

How'd it go emily?

skibum515 · 10-22-2004, 11:35 AM

I already went and got it done, it went a lot better this time.

Lisa, I didn't get your message until just now - do you think I should still contact someone? You've got me kind of worried now...

Edit: Ok - I went and called our employee health service (they are the ones doing this) to obtain a better explanation. I talked to a clinic nurse there and she said that the two step TB test is recomended by the CDC for people who haven't had a TB skin test within the last 12 months. This is because if you had been exposed previously you might not be sensitive enough to react to the first test, but it sends up the sensitivity level so you would react to the second test. If they didn't do the second test and tested me again in a year and I registered positive they wouldn't know if it was because I was previously exposed before starting working here or if it was an exposure due to the hospital (which they have to report) So this way if I react negative to the second test they know it is an exposure to TB while working in the hospital if I react in a year and not something from before.

Edit Part 2: I found this on the CDC web page- basically what the nurse explained to me:
[ QUOTE ]

two-step testing ˚ a strategy used in TB screening programs to distinguish a boosted reaction (caused by TB infection that occurred many years before the skin test) from a reaction caused by recent infection. If a person has a negative reaction to an initial skin test, a second test is given 1 to 3 weeks later; a positive reaction to the second test probably represents a boosted reaction, not recent infection. Two-step testing is used in many TB screening programs for skin testing employees when they start their job.

[/ QUOTE ]

lrcantrell · 10-22-2004, 03:51 PM

Well, that makes more sense, I was wondering what on earth they were doing. Ouch though, two tests!!! Thankfully my hospital didn't do that when I started employment there. I have to get it every 12 months and believe me, I worry for a month before it's coming due because they do hurt and I cannot stand shots.

Kristie · 10-22-2004, 04:02 PM

so it went better this time huh? do you think it was the nurse or just cuz you knew what was going to happen?

skibum515 · 10-23-2004, 06:34 AM

i think it was the nurse combined with the fact that i hadn't just gotten the other shot right before. This nurse said my skin was easy to bubble, and it was a nice big one. I think the other nurse was incompetant.

and Lisa, now i have to start getting them every twelve months too...

lrcantrell · 10-23-2004, 06:34 PM

I'm sorry, I hate those things.

Kristie · 10-23-2004, 07:19 PM

ohhhh yuk!

MQAAord · 10-23-2004, 07:22 PM

Shots suck ass.

Actually, anything that has to do with hypdodermic needles gives me the willies. I only put up with what I have to as far as the babies are concerned. Having blood drawn used to cause minor panic attacks. I certainly don't LIKE it now, and won't have it done if not necessary, but I can have it done and not have my blood pressure go through the roof anymore.

lrcantrell · 10-25-2004, 04:34 PM

I'm the same way. For some reason, if it's going in on an angle I can handle it better....by NO means like it but can at least handle it without breaking out into a sweat. It's the fast "shot" that I cannot do!!! Everyone laughs at me because here I am a nurse and I can't get shots.....I can't give them either!!! I can do it and know the technique but I break out in a sweat just thinking of having to give someone a shot. crazy!

10-22-2004, 09:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
lrcantrell Jetgirls Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California Posts: 128 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: shots hang on!!!! STOP!!!! I'm just reading this for the first time and have NEVER, EVER heard of doing the TB skin test a second time for any reason!!!! (and I work in the medical field!!!). I don't want to scare you but if they give you that test to many times then you can start showing a false positive reaction!!!! If you get this before your test, call your doctor or any hospital and ask for the infectious disease nurse and ask them to clarify. That's just insane that they are doing that to you!!!

10-22-2004, 11:00 AM	#12 (permalink)
biochemtine Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 630 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: shots I've heard of getting it twice, if the first time shows up positive...which is rare. My EMT instructor said he had to have it redone one year. How'd it go emily?

10-22-2004, 11:35 AM	#13 (permalink)
skibum515 Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Park City Posts: 1,280 Recipes: Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: shots I already went and got it done, it went a lot better this time. Lisa, I didn't get your message until just now - do you think I should still contact someone? You've got me kind of worried now... Edit: Ok - I went and called our employee health service (they are the ones doing this) to obtain a better explanation. I talked to a clinic nurse there and she said that the two step TB test is recomended by the CDC for people who haven't had a TB skin test within the last 12 months. This is because if you had been exposed previously you might not be sensitive enough to react to the first test, but it sends up the sensitivity level so you would react to the second test. If they didn't do the second test and tested me again in a year and I registered positive they wouldn't know if it was because I was previously exposed before starting working here or if it was an exposure due to the hospital (which they have to report) So this way if I react negative to the second test they know it is an exposure to TB while working in the hospital if I react in a year and not something from before. Edit Part 2: I found this on the CDC web page- basically what the nurse explained to me: [ QUOTE ] two-step testing ˚ a strategy used in TB screening programs to distinguish a boosted reaction (caused by TB infection that occurred many years before the skin test) from a reaction caused by recent infection. If a person has a negative reaction to an initial skin test, a second test is given 1 to 3 weeks later; a positive reaction to the second test probably represents a boosted reaction, not recent infection. Two-step testing is used in many TB screening programs for skin testing employees when they start their job. [/ QUOTE ]

10-22-2004, 03:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
lrcantrell Jetgirls Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California Posts: 128 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: shots Well, that makes more sense, I was wondering what on earth they were doing. Ouch though, two tests!!! Thankfully my hospital didn't do that when I started employment there. I have to get it every 12 months and believe me, I worry for a month before it's coming due because they do hurt and I cannot stand shots.

10-22-2004, 04:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
Kristie Admin/Owner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 6,729 Recipes: Thanks: 7 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	Re: shots so it went better this time huh? do you think it was the nurse or just cuz you knew what was going to happen?

10-23-2004, 06:34 AM	#16 (permalink)
skibum515 Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Park City Posts: 1,280 Recipes: Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: shots i think it was the nurse combined with the fact that i hadn't just gotten the other shot right before. This nurse said my skin was easy to bubble, and it was a nice big one. I think the other nurse was incompetant. and Lisa, now i have to start getting them every twelve months too...

10-23-2004, 06:34 PM	#17 (permalink)
lrcantrell Jetgirls Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California Posts: 128 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: shots I'm sorry, I hate those things.

10-23-2004, 07:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
Kristie Admin/Owner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 6,729 Recipes: Thanks: 7 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	Re: shots ohhhh yuk!

10-23-2004, 07:22 PM	#19 (permalink)
MQAAord Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: A Happy Place Posts: 668 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: shots Shots suck ass. Actually, anything that has to do with hypdodermic needles gives me the willies. I only put up with what I have to as far as the babies are concerned. Having blood drawn used to cause minor panic attacks. I certainly don't LIKE it now, and won't have it done if not necessary, but I can have it done and not have my blood pressure go through the roof anymore.

10-25-2004, 04:34 PM	#20 (permalink)
lrcantrell Jetgirls Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California Posts: 128 Recipes: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: shots I'm the same way. For some reason, if it's going in on an angle I can handle it better....by NO means like it but can at least handle it without breaking out into a sweat. It's the fast "shot" that I cannot do!!! Everyone laughs at me because here I am a nurse and I can't get shots.....I can't give them either!!! I can do it and know the technique but I break out in a sweat just thinking of having to give someone a shot. crazy!

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