Tuberculosis: for health professionals

Ordering vaccines and medication, reporting cases, clinic referrals, diagnostic tests, and TB in long term care and retirement homes.

Follow the instructions on the appropriate form to submit your order request or reporting notification to Peel Public Health:

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

Patient information

Refer patients to information about tuberculosis from Peel Public Health.