âBAAâ is an acronym for  âbusiness associate agreement,â which is an industry term for what the HIPAA regulations call a âbusiness associate contract.â Same thing. BAAs are hybrid contractual and regulatory instruments, meaning they both satisfy HIPAA regulatory requirements and create liability between the parties.
Your health care provider MUST check your arm 2 or 3 days after the TB skin test, even if your arm looks OK to you. If you have a reaction to the test, it will look like a raised bump. Your health care provider will measure the size of the reaction. If there is a bump, it will go away in a few weeks.
The TB blood test can be done instead of a TB skin test (Mantoux). You should have a TB blood (or TB skin test) if you: 1  have HIV infection or your immune system is not very strong.  Children less than 5 years old should have the TB skin test instead of the TB blood test. Ask your health care provider. They will draw a small amount of blood and send it to a laboratory. Your health care provider should tell you if your test result is ânegativeâ or âpositiveâ in a few days. A ânegativeâ TB blood test result usually means that you donât have TB germs in your body.