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I got a new job which, honestly, I'm not very excited about. It's at Fairview Southdale in the Heart Center as a CNA. I've heard bad things about Fairview being full of incompetent staff, resulting in baby mix ups, amputations of the wrong limbs, etc. I wanted so much not to believe that I was coming into a last-resort establishment but my hopes were dashed when I went in for my employee physical.
I'm used to being tested for tuberculosis with mantoux tests from previous jobs and classes but I never look forward to them. Standard procedure is to be tested twice a year. I was tested in September of 2007 for my nursing assistant class and again just 3 weeks ago on the 4th of April for the paramedic program this summer. The dumbass nurse who did my physical decided not to thoroughly look over the forms I gave her regarding my previous mantoux tests and my vaccinations. It clearly says on the sheet that I've been tested twice in the last year. She stuck me with the damn needle and now the area is red and puffy which indicates a positive mantoux which basically means I theoretically have tuberculosis. I do not have TB. Too many tests done can have this effect and I'm pissed because when the nurse reads my arm and sees that it's bright red, she'll order a chest x-ray to be done. I don't have time for pointless x-rays and 2 minute stop ins for mantoux readings. Granted, I could've pressed the issue and asked a few more questions about their protocol but I didn't. I went along with it because it's a new job and the nurse should always know best, right?
I'm calling tomorrow and refusing to go in to get my arm read on account of my previous tests and their being negative. If they give me shit, I don't know what I'll do but I really don't want to deal with more mantoux bullshit.
Moral of the story: if you get tested for TB twice within a year and someone tells you you need to do it again - tell them to shove it up their ass and show them your documentation. I doubt that'll happen to any of you, but just in case.
I'm used to being tested for tuberculosis with mantoux tests from previous jobs and classes but I never look forward to them. Standard procedure is to be tested twice a year. I was tested in September of 2007 for my nursing assistant class and again just 3 weeks ago on the 4th of April for the paramedic program this summer. The dumbass nurse who did my physical decided not to thoroughly look over the forms I gave her regarding my previous mantoux tests and my vaccinations. It clearly says on the sheet that I've been tested twice in the last year. She stuck me with the damn needle and now the area is red and puffy which indicates a positive mantoux which basically means I theoretically have tuberculosis. I do not have TB. Too many tests done can have this effect and I'm pissed because when the nurse reads my arm and sees that it's bright red, she'll order a chest x-ray to be done. I don't have time for pointless x-rays and 2 minute stop ins for mantoux readings. Granted, I could've pressed the issue and asked a few more questions about their protocol but I didn't. I went along with it because it's a new job and the nurse should always know best, right?
I'm calling tomorrow and refusing to go in to get my arm read on account of my previous tests and their being negative. If they give me shit, I don't know what I'll do but I really don't want to deal with more mantoux bullshit.
Moral of the story: if you get tested for TB twice within a year and someone tells you you need to do it again - tell them to shove it up their ass and show them your documentation. I doubt that'll happen to any of you, but just in case.