A client with a known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection may have been exposed to tuberculosis. The nurse completes a tuberculin skin test (TST). Three days later, the nurse measures an induration of 6 mm at the site of the TST. What should the nurse do next?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

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Question

A client with a known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection may have been exposed to tuberculosis. The nurse completes a tuberculin skin test (TST). Three days later, the nurse measures an induration of 6 mm at the site of the TST. What should the nurse do next? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

Call the health care provider (HCP), report the finding so further diagnostic testing can be completed

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Assess if the injection was intradermal and not subcutaneous

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Ask the client to wait another day to see if the induration increases in size

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Tell the client the result is negative for exposure to tuberculosis

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