TB Screening Recommendations for Employment
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit strongly recommends that all employees/volunteers in all healthcare settings have pre-employment baseline TB screening.
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News Release: Shining a Red Light for World TB Day
Published:
Thursday, March 24
World TB Day is observed on the 24th of March each year, as an opportunity to raise awareness of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide and to support prevention, treatment, and control.
Tuberculin Skin Testing (TST) or Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) and COVID-19 Vaccination
If a TST or IGRA is required, it should be administered and read before immunization or delayed for four weeks after vaccination.
Step-by-step Guide to Mantoux Testing
Treatment For Latent TB(Tuberculosis) Infection Isoniazid (INH)
Your public health nurse or health care provider has told you that you have a positive TB skin test. This means you have come in contact with the tuberculosis germ (bacteria) at some time in the past.
Tuberculosis (TB) Poster
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Latent TB Infection (LTBI) |
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Active TB Disease |
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Resources for Health Care Providers
Long-Term Care and Retirement Home: Recommendations for Tuberculosis (TB) Screening
The Long Term Care Homes Act 2007, Ontario Regulation 79/10, and Retirement Homes Act 2010, Ontario Regulation 166/11, require screening for tuberculosis.
TB Preventive Treatment (TPT) Guidelines
TB infection is defined as the presence of latent or dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, with no clinical evidence of active disease.
TB Medical Surveillance
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) requires certain individuals to complete tuberculosis (TB) medical surveillance as a condition of entry or continued residence in Canada.