RE: OT: Opting out of TB mantoux?

[Guest guest]

> Can I refuse or opt out of the stupid annual required TB mantoux

cycle?

If you are allergic to mercury (thimerasol) you can opt out. When I

contacted the MN Dept of Health that is what I was told. They could not

find a manufacturer that did not use it. Therefore I could not take the

test. Instead they required a chest x-ray. Being I do not have a doctor I

would need to go to a urgent care, hospital or Clinic and begin as a new

patient, which involves additional costs. A chiropractor can not take an

x-ray of organs only structure. But a thoracic x-ray shows lungs.

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[Guest guest]

A chest x-ray every year??? Good grief, they're going to try to kill

you one way or the other!

~ Angie ~

Instead they required a chest x-ray.

[Guest guest]

I did not do an x-ray every year, only once.

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[Guest guest]

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A chiropractor can not take an

> x-ray of organs only structure. But a thoracic x-ray shows lungs.

A chiro can take a chest film. You could then have it read by a

hospital radiologist if needed by your employers. Or you could even be

refered to a radiology center just for the film and have it read there

by a DC or a MD.

Dr

[Guest guest]

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> A chest x-ray every year??? Good grief, they're going to try to kill

> you one way or the other!

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> ~ Angie ~

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An x-ray has the same radiation as a flight from New York to San

Francisco. Makes you want to be a flight attendant or a piolet dosn't

it?

Dr