Transcription of tuberculin skin test
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Facilitator GuideMarch 2003CS123627 Mantouxtuberculin skin testTM 1 Mantoux tuberculin Skin Test DVD Transcript and Facilitator Notes Table of Contents 2 Background on the Mantoux tuberculin Skin Test .. 4 Part One: Administering the Mantoux tuberculin Skin .5 Review of Part One .. 15 Part Two: Reading the Mantoux tuberculin Skin 16 Review of Part 23 24 Appendix A: Mantoux tuberculin Skin Test 25 Appendix B: Ordering 26 Appendix C: Additional Resources and Information .. 27 Appendix D: .. 29 Mantoux tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation Table.
The tuberculin is administered using a single-dose disposable tuberculin syringe that has a one-quarter to one-half inch, 27-gauge needle with a short bevel. In the United States, the Mantoux tuberculin skin test consists of an intradermal injection of exactly one tenth of a milliliter (mL), which contains 5 tuberculin units.
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