Medical test. TB Test
Apr 22nd 2005, 8:14 am
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Medical test. TB Test
Does anyone have got positive TB test and the X-Ray chest fine (no active TB). Does this delay the isuance of PR?
Apr 22nd 2005, 9:07 am
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Re: Medical test. TB Test
Originally Posted by MadHatters
Does anyone have got positive TB test and the X-Ray chest fine (no active TB). Does this delay the isuance of PR?
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Apr 22nd 2005, 2:37 pm
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Re: Medical test. TB Test
Where are you from first of all?
Which test do you mean by "TB test"-TST (tuberculin skin test"?
In some instances TST is not reliable at all. If you had BCG vaccine earlier in life, this skin test will always turn positive (red bump under the skin). For example, anti-BCG vaccination was commonplace in USSR, however in North America it is rarely administered.
Depending on the size of the bump, MDs determine the reaction of your immune system to the tuberculin.
If the Xray showed no active open TB, then I dont think there are reason to worry. It is estimated that about 1/3 of the worlds population has contracted a TB strain. However, only a tiny percentage of those people develop active TB in one form or the other (lung TB being the most common and contagious).
Which test do you mean by "TB test"-TST (tuberculin skin test"?
In some instances TST is not reliable at all. If you had BCG vaccine earlier in life, this skin test will always turn positive (red bump under the skin). For example, anti-BCG vaccination was commonplace in USSR, however in North America it is rarely administered.
Depending on the size of the bump, MDs determine the reaction of your immune system to the tuberculin.
If the Xray showed no active open TB, then I dont think there are reason to worry. It is estimated that about 1/3 of the worlds population has contracted a TB strain. However, only a tiny percentage of those people develop active TB in one form or the other (lung TB being the most common and contagious).
Apr 22nd 2005, 4:53 pm
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Re: Medical test. TB Test
Originally Posted by Tarik
If the Xray showed no active open TB, then I dont think there are reason to worry.
What I found surprising was that when I first arrived here under a temporary work visa for healthcare work which I had a full medical for as opposed to my wife who didn't have to undergo one (pre-requisite for anyone wroking in healthcare) was that when I started my job I had to undergo another completely full medical.
When I asked the OHS nurse what was the point of my medical in London she rolled her eyes and said that basically it was a complete waste of my money and I shouldn't have bothered as they have been trying for years to get medical results from CIC to prevent duplication of tests and lower costs but CIC refuse to release the results.
So, WTF was the point of me having the medicals in the first place for a temporary visa?
Apr 22nd 2005, 10:06 pm
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Re: Medical test. TB Test
Originally Posted by Iginla
Yep, completely right. Should be no problem.
What I found surprising was that when I first arrived here under a temporary work visa for healthcare work which I had a full medical for as opposed to my wife who didn't have to undergo one (pre-requisite for anyone wroking in healthcare) was that when I started my job I had to undergo another completely full medical.
When I asked the OHS nurse what was the point of my medical in London she rolled her eyes and said that basically it was a complete waste of my money and I shouldn't have bothered as they have been trying for years to get medical results from CIC to prevent duplication of tests and lower costs but CIC refuse to release the results.
So, WTF was the point of me having the medicals in the first place for a temporary visa?
What I found surprising was that when I first arrived here under a temporary work visa for healthcare work which I had a full medical for as opposed to my wife who didn't have to undergo one (pre-requisite for anyone wroking in healthcare) was that when I started my job I had to undergo another completely full medical.
When I asked the OHS nurse what was the point of my medical in London she rolled her eyes and said that basically it was a complete waste of my money and I shouldn't have bothered as they have been trying for years to get medical results from CIC to prevent duplication of tests and lower costs but CIC refuse to release the results.
So, WTF was the point of me having the medicals in the first place for a temporary visa?
Just wanted to be nosy and ask what filed of healthcare you're in - I'm hoping to work as an OT when I get over the pond. I had a job offer, but it fell through a few weeks ago as they couldn't hold it open for me any longer (had held it since Nov 04).
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Apr 29th 2005, 12:14 pm
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Re: Medical test. TB Test
Originally Posted by MadHatters
Does anyone have got positive TB test and the X-Ray chest fine (no active TB). Does this delay the isuance of PR?
MadHatters,
I have a similar problem. I have the forms and I am waiting and praying. Have you taken the medicals yet? If yes, have u told the DMP about it? Has a skin test been administered?
Thanks, mate!
