Self-reading of PPD skin tests.
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.
Navin
J A
JA
Health Service, Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
Kaplan
J E
JE
Desilvio
E L
EL
D006801:Humans; D012648:Self Care; D013333:Student Health Services; D013334:Students; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*