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RN Comprehensive Predictor Study Guide Testing for TB ---CORRECT ANSWER--- A Mantoux skin test is the most accurate and valuable screening tool available for TB. A positive result means only that the client has been exposed to TB; it does not meant that the client has active TB. Testing for TB continue ---CORRECT ANSWER--- A sputum culture for acid fast bacillus (AFB) is used to confirm the diagnosis of pulmonary TB after a screening test and chest x-ray come back positive. Teaching...