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City TB Program
The
Inner City TB Program is an outreach program of the Capital
Health TB Clinic. A public health nurse, whose office is
at the Boyle McCauley Health Centre, provides a wide range
of services to the inner city population in the areas of
prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. A physician specializing
in TB is also available for assessments and recommendations
concerning TB.
Services
provided include:
• supervised delivery of TB medications for treatment
and prevention
• TB screening and assessment for active disease (Mantoux
test, chest x-ray, sputum collection)
• contact investigation following diagnosis of an
active TB case
• annual TB testing and education for staff of inner
city agencies
Please
refer patients for:
• TB skin testing, especially for the high-risk population,
including HIV positive individuals and IV drug users
• positive Mantoux (TB skin test reactions)
• symptoms of TB
• abnormal chest x-ray reports, including evidence
of old TB
To
refer a patient for TB services, please contact our office
by:
• phone
• pager (8:00 am to 4:45 pm)
• fax letter of referral (include home address and
phone number)
• send patient with a note to the Boyle McCauley Health
Centre
Contact
Information
Boyle McCauley Health Centre
10628 - 96 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5H 2J2
phone: (780) 422-7333 ext. 242
pager: (780) 445-1892
fax: (780) 422-7343
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