And what in the world are you supposed to do if you had TB earlier in life? The skin test is always positive once the antibodies are in your blood. I'm not getting a chest xray every year to go on field trips with my kid.

Anonymous wrote:Somehow I missed that this needs to be done annually. What a mess. It shouldn’t be this hard to go on a field trip.

Agree. It makes sense for regular classroom volunteers, not for field trips. Don't they know that TB is most likely to be transmitted by close, regular contacts? ("People with TB disease are most likely to spread it to people they spend time with every day" - https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/howtbspreads.htm). As someone who really dreads doctor's visits of any kind, I don't see myself volunteering much in the future.

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Anonymous wrote:Check that your insurance covers it before you get the test.

And this is more reason why this idea is nuts. How many people outside of ward 3 can do this? And our principal says this must be done every 12 months?

Ok, I get your point that it may be hard for low income families to get this, but not everyone outside of ward three is unable to get a TB test

Somehow I missed that this needs to be done annually. What a mess. It shouldn’t be this hard to go on a field trip.

The vast majority of people in dc have insurance. Medicaid will cover tb tests. I got mine done at a unity clinic. I volunteered a few years ago and the tb test was good for two years then.

Anonymous wrote:Check that your insurance covers it before you get the test.

And this is more reason why this idea is nuts. How many people outside of ward 3 can do this? And our principal says this must be done every 12 months?

I went to the Intermediate Care clinic in Cleveland Park. Got an appt. the next day and then had to go back 48-72 hours later for the follow-up, got the results immediately after.

Check that your insurance covers it before you get the test.

I got one at the Walgreens in Chinatown. Made an appointment, pretty easy start to finish.

I think Minute Clinic will charge you for the prick and when you come back in 2 days. I went to Patient First urgent care. One charge.

I went to my regular doctor's office but made an appointment with a nurse.

Minute clinic at CVS can do it too.

Anonymous wrote:DCPS is coming to our school next week to fingerprint and I need to get a TB test done.

Where can I go and preferably make an appt ahead of time? Outside of my regular doctor.

thanks

CVS Minute Clinic in Dupont.

Metro Immediate Care and then the test spot looked at two days later by the nurse at work.

DCPS is coming to our school next week to fingerprint and I need to get a TB test done.

Where can I go and preferably make an appt ahead of time? Outside of my regular doctor.

thanks