where to do a TB test in Bay area?

Answer 1

I assume you mean the Bay Area in Northern California?

Any doctor's office should be able to write you a lab order for a TB test. They are routinely given to government workers, and also to many people who work with the public. Just ask your doctor for an order.

The test usually administered is the skin scratch test, and you will need to follow up a few days after you first go in so they can read your reaction. The test involves scratching your skin and then putting inactive TB in the scratch. If you have any TB antibodies (which I do, as I was innoculated for it as a child), you will have a reaction which is a lot like a big blister on your arm. If you have never had an innoculation, and you test positive (which is determined by the size of the resulting blister), it means you have TB antibodies, so you have been exposed to it at some point, and you will be asked to follow up with chest x-rays, and those will show if you have any TB lesions in your lungs.

Answer 2

look up medical clinics in the yahoo yellow pages for a tb test

Answer 3

Your local Health Department should give you one for free or nearly free.

Answer 4

Here are some locations that I found. Hope it helps.
San Francisco:

San Francisco Department of Health
Adult Immunization Clinic
Address: 101 Grove Street, San Francisco
Phone: [phone]
Hours: M, W, F: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM; Tu: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $37 for skin test, no X-rays at this location
No appointment necessary, but we recommend calling ahead.
X-rays are done at San Francisco General Hospital.

Mission Neighborhood Health Center
Address: 240 Shotwell Street, San Francisco
Phone: [phone]
Hours: M, Tu, F: 8:30 AM – 5:15 AM; W: 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $25 for skin test, $60 for X-rays
Appointment is preferred.

Castro Mission Health Center
Address: 3850 17th Street, San Francisco
Phone: [phone]
Hours: M, Tu, W, F: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $43 for skin test, no X-rays at this location
Appointment is necessary.
X-rays are done at San Francisco General Hospital.

For Chest X-Rays:

San Francisco General Hospital
Patient Referral and Assistance in Outpatient Lobby
Address: TB Clinic, Building 90, 4th Floor, 2460 22nd Street, San Francisco
Phone: [phone]
Cost: Free
East Bay:

City of Berkeley Health Clinic
Address: 830 University Avenue, Berkeley
Phone: [phone]
Hours: Tu: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Cost: $0-$30, sliding scale for for skin tests, no X-rays at this location. X-rays are done at Alta Bates Hospital.
No appointment necessary.
Marin:

Marin County Immunization Clinic
Address: 3260 Kerner Blvd, San Rafael
Phone: [phone]
Hours: M, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM; Tu, W, F: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Cost: $20 for skin test, no X-rays at this location. X-rays are done at Outpatient Imaging Center.
No appointment necessary.

Peninsula & South Bay:

MayView Community Health Center
Address: 270 Grant Avenue, Palo Alto
Phone: [phone]
Hours: Every other Wed: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $24 for skin test, no X-rays at this location. X-rays are done at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
No appointment necessary.

MayView Community Health Center
Address: 100 North Moffett Boulevard, Suite 101, Mountain View
Phone: [phone]
Hours: Every other Wed: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $24 for skin test, no X-rays at this location. X-rays are done at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
No appointment necessary.

MayView Community Health Center
Address: 785 Morse Avenue, Sunnyvale
Phone: [phone]
Hours: Every other Tu: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: $24 for skin test, no X-rays at this location. X-rays are done at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
No appointment necessary.

Immediate Care
Address: 60 North El Camino Real, San Mateo
Phone: [phone]
Hours: M, Tu, W, F: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM; Th: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM;
Sat: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Cost: $25 for skin test. No X-rays at this location.
No appointment necessary.

Santa Clara Deptartment of Health
Park Alameda Clinic
Address: 976 Lenzen Avenue, Suite 1500B, San Jose
Phone: [phone]
Hours: M, Tu, W, F: 8:15 AM – 11:00 AM & 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Cost: $20 for skin test. No X-rays at this location.
No appointment necessary.

Peninsula Ultrasound Radiology Services
Address: 101 South San Mateo Drive, Suite 201, San Mateo
Phone: [phone]
Hours: M – F: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $68 for X-rays, no skin test at this location.
Appointment necessary and doctor’s prescription required.

Just X-Rays
Address: 244 North Jackson Avenue, Suite 110, San Jose
Phone: [phone]
Hours: M – F: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM; Sat: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Cost: $45 for X-rays, no skin test at this location.
No appointment necessary, but doctor’s prescription required.

Answer 5

call the local health department, if they can't do it there, they can refer you to someone who can