Posted: July 24th, 2017

A male client had undergone Mantoux skin test. Nurse Ronald notes an 8mm area of indurations at the site of the skin test. The nurse interprets the result as:

A male client had undergone Mantoux skin test. Nurse Ronald notes an 8mm area of indurations at the site of the skin test. The nurse interprets the result as:

a. Negative
b. Uncertain and needs to be repeated
c. Positive
d. Inconclusive