Provincial Health Services Authority (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.
BCCDC CDC Manual, Chapter 4, Tuberculosis
Canadian TB Standards, 8th Ed. Published in the Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Volume 6, Issue sup1 (2022).
TB screening competencies (PDF)
Section 4(b)-TB screening DST (PDF)
TB Screening Letter: Access to Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services Programs (PDF)
All BC health care providers use the TB Screening Form to document pertinent clinical information required for TBS to follow up and make recommendations appropriately.
TB screening form (PDF)
TB screening form documentation guide (PDF)
The following forms should be used to refer patients to the New Westminster or Vancouver TB clinics.
TB Clinic Referral (PDF)
Immigration Furtherance Referral (PDF)
Transplant TB Infection Referral (PDF)
Go to our NTM Disease page to learn about Referrals, Consultation Requests, Prescription support, Pulmonary NTM Guidelines, Patient handouts and FAQs.
BCCDC Prescription-Only Support NTM Referral (PDF)
Rapid Access to Consultative Expertise (RACEapp)
Family physicians, nurse practitioners, specialists, midwives and residents throughout BC can access TB physician support through the RACEapp.
The RaceApp is an online application exclusively for care providers to request specialist advice.
Details about using the RACEapp can be found on the RACEconnect website.
Physician IGRA testing guidelines (PDF)
Nurse IGRA testing guidelines (PDF)
IGRA testing sites in BC (PDF)
TST Quick Reference Guide for Health Care Providers (PDF)
Guideline: Appendix B of the BCCDC TB Manual: Infection Prevention and Control
Guideline: Appendix B of the Canadian Tuberculosis Standards: Deisolation review and recommendations
Quick Reference: Deisolation of People with Pulmonary TB Disease (PDF)
TB chest x-ray only requisition (PDF)
PHL Mycobacteriology / TB requisition (PDF)
PHL TB Sample Container Order Form (PDF)
Biologicals Order Form (TB Skin Test, TUBERSOL®) (PDF)
TB treatment initiation form (PDF)
TB treatment completion form (PDF)
TB starter unit medication order form (PDF)
TB medication adherence and reorder form (PDF)
Rifapentine & Nitrosamine handout (PDF)
References
Have you joined Stop TB Canada? Stop TB Canada is a network committed to raising awareness, mobilizing communities, and generating the political will to end TB in Canada and abroad. #endTB
Each year, we commemorate World TB Day on March 24 to raise public awareness of the devastating health, social, and economic consequences of TB and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which paved the way towards diagnosing and treating this disease.
BCCDC TB Services continue efforts to end disease (2024)
World TB Day: An opportunity to reflect (2022)
Video: Meet the people working to end TB in BC for World TB Day (2019)
It’s time to end TB: Meet the people working to end TB in BC (2019)
Video: March 24 is World TB Day (2018)
Infographic: TB Facts (2018) (JPEG)
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