Tuberculosis: for health professionals
Ordering vaccines and medication, reporting cases, clinic referrals, diagnostic tests, and TB in long term care and retirement homes.
Ordering and reporting forms
Follow the instructions on the appropriate form to submit your order request or reporting notification to Peel Public Health:
- Order Tubersol - TB Mantoux vaccine order request form
- Report latent TB infection (LTBI) and order LTBI treatment using the reporting positive skin test or IGRA and TB drug order form
- Physician report form: medical surveillance for tuberculosis
- Report a TB case using the notification of new active or reactivated tuberculosis case form
Referral forms
Refer patients to the William Osler Health System TB clinic using the tuberculosis clinic referral form - You will need to download the file and open it in Acrobat Reader.
Additional resources:
- LTBI questions and answers for health care providers - common questions about latent tuberculosis infection and responses from Peel Public Health.
- BCG world atlas – refer to the map for Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine policies in different countries.
- Canadian tuberculosis standards 8th edition – standards for diagnosis, treatment, investigation, and outbreak management.
Diagnostic tests
There are two accepted tests for identification of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), including tuberculin skin test and blood test (interferon gamma release assay, or IGRA).
Refer to Tuberculosis: For health professionals from the Government of Canada for more information about the testing options.
Additional resources:
- How to administer and read a tuberculin skin test
- Online TST/IGRA interpreter – use this tool to estimate the risk of active tuberculosis for an individual
Long term care and retirement homes
- Active TB screening checklist for clinicians
- Long term care home letter
- Retirement home letter
- Recommendations for long term care homes and retirement homes for TB screening
- Frequently asked questions TB screening in long term care and retirement homes
Patient information
Refer patients to information about tuberculosis from Peel Public Health.
