Injection

[UserName17]

Anyone recently had the TB injection? What do they do?

Help prevent TB? HTH

Injection into the upper arm, like most vaccinations

Basically I thought they did a little test before giving you the injection straight away? Or am I wrong something to do with the forearm??

The Mantoux Test.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/tuberculosis-tb/diagnosis/

This is a quick prick and a small amount of a purified TB protein is injected into the forearm.

A week later, someone qualified looks at and grades the reaction.

www.healthline.com/health/what-does-a-positive-tb-test-look-like#identifying-infection

Then they decide whether you get the vaccine.