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nautica902

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The occupational health nurse in a facility reports that 5 employees out of 30 have positive tuberculin skin test results. One employee on the 3 to 11 shift has been diagnosed with active TB. She asks you if this means that the whole factory has been
 
  exposed. You state that the probability of infection depends upon which of the following? (select all that apply)
  A) Concentration of infectious droplet nuclei in the air
  B) Duration of exposure to the infected person
  C) Proximity to the infected person
  D) The use of masks by employees
  E) Physical exertion required in the job

Question 2

What would you determine a positive tuberculin skin test result using a two-step process?
 
  A) 4-mm induration
  B) 2-mm induration
  C) 6-mm induration
  D) 3-mm induration



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Answer to Question 1

A, B, C

Answer to Question 2

C





 

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