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Tuberculosis Control

The Ministry of Health Services Tuberculosis Control Manual* describes Public Health Nursing practice in British Columbia as it pertains to tuberculosis. Please contact your local health unit if you have any questions regarding the Tuberculosis Control Manual. (For TB Services for Aboriginal Communities Manual, Appendix E, see below.)

The TB Services for Aboriginal Communities Manual (Appendix E) is available from the link below. TB Services for Aboriginal Communities Manual (Appendix E) contains information regarding BCG vaccination and isoniazid toxicity critical to nursing programs on reserve.

If you need further information regarding TB Services for Aboriginal Communities Manual (Appendix E), please contact:

Maria MacDougall
Nurse Consultant
TB Services for Aboriginal Communities
Phone: 604-707-2732

Nash Dhalla
Nurse Consultant
TB Services for Aboriginal Communities
Phone: 604-707-2695

Fax: 604-707-2690

TB Control Manual

Tuberculosis Control Manual 1999 [PDF, 1000KB]
TB Services for Aboriginal Communities Manual (Appendix E) January 2004 [PDF, 203KB]

Printed forms referenced in the TB Control Manual are available to health authorities via the Distribution Centre Victoria. To order, refer to the Distribution Centre Victoria webpage and fax request to "To Order Managed Inventory Items" fax number.

*Change of clinic address to page 2-5, addresses for Vancouver and Victoria are correct but address for New Westminster site should read:
   New Westminster TB Clinic
   100-237 Columbia St E
   New Westminster BC  V3L 3W4

**Change of TB Ward address and TB Ward is now non-smoking, affects pages 3-5, 3-6 (telephone number remains the same):
   Vancouver General Hospital
   Centennial Pavilion Building, C8
   855 12th Ave W
   Vancouver BC V5Z 1M9

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Last Updated: January 22, 2010

BC Centre for Disease Control, 655 12th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4R4, Telephone: 1-604-707-2400

PHSA improves the health of British Columbians by seeking province-wide solutions to specialized health care needs in collaboration with BC health authorities and other partners. For more information, visit http://www.phsa.ca

PHSA agencies include: BC Cancer Agency, BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, BC Mental Health & Addiction Services, BC Provincial Renal Agency, BC Transplant, BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, and Cardiac Services BC.