title: Self-reading of PPD skin tests.
abstract: Routine tuberculin skin testing (intradermal PPD test) at a university health service is carried out to fulfill requirements for students in healthcare and teaching programs. Currently, students must have the test done and return to the clinic 2 days later for a reading by a health professional. We performed a study to determine whether students could reliably interpret their own PPD tests. We found that student readings (based on written instructions) reflected reliable interpretations of their PPD skin tests.
authors.affiliation: Health Service, Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Navin
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Desilvio
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012648:Self Care; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*