Tuberculosis Testing - Alberta Health Services

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Tuberculosis Testing

Offers tuberculosis testing for eligible Albertans.

Offers tuberculosis (TB) skin testing to eligible Albertans. The Mantoux skin test is not recommended to diagnose TB.

Testing is done at public health centres throughout the province:

• North Zone
• Edmonton Zone
• Central Zone
• Calgary Zone
• South Zone

For travel or work related TB testing contact the Travel Health Services in your area.

Access Service Providers May Includedoctors, registered nurses (RNs) Eligibility

Eligibility includes:

• recent contact with known TB cases
• people with medical conditions / therapies that increase risk of progressing from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active TB (HIV/AIDS, transplantation, on dialysis for chronic renal failure, silicosis, cancer of the head and neck, being treated with immunosuppressive drugs)
• all refugees less than age 50 who are from a country where TB is common AND who have immigrated here in the last 2 years
• foreign-born children up to and including age 14 who have lived in a country where TB is common AND who have immigrated here within the past 2 years

Service Access

Testing may be offered at some sites. Call to find out more.

Fees

Eligibility criteria must be met to receive free testing.

Service Locations

• Acadia Community Health Centre
• Airdrie Community Health Centre
• Anzac Community Health Services
• Athabasca Community Health Services
• Banff Community Health Centre
• Barrhead Community Health Services
• Beaumont Community Health Centre
• Beaverlodge Community Health Services
• Bonnie Doon Public Health Centre
• Bonnyville Community Health Services
• Bow Island Provincial Building
• Boyle Healthcare Centre
• Brooks Health Centre
• Buffalo Lake Settlement Community Health Services
• Calgary 6617 Centre Street N
• Camrose Community Health Centre Briarcrest
• Canmore Provincial Building
• Castor Community Health Centre
• Coaldale Health Centre
• Cochrane Community Health Centre
• Cold Lake Community Health Services
• Consort Community Health Centre
• Coronation Community Health Centre
• Devon General Hospital
• Didsbury District Health Services
• Drayton Valley Community Health Centre
• Drumheller Health Centre
• East Calgary Health Centre
• East Edmonton Health Centre
• Eckville Community Health Centre
• Edmonton Community Health Hub North
• Edson Healthcare Centre
• Elizabeth Settlement Community Hall
• Elk Point Healthcare Centre
• Elnora Community Health Centre
• Evansburg Health Centre / Good Samaritan Pembina Village
• Fairview Health Complex
• Fishing Lake Metis Settlement Community Health Services
• Fort Macleod Health Centre
• Fort McMurray Community Health Services
• Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital
• Fox Creek Healthcare Centre
• George McDougall - Smoky Lake Healthcare Centre
• Gibbons Community Health Centre
• Gift Lake Community Health Services
• Glendon Community Health Services
• Grande Cache Provincial Building
• Grimshaw / Berwyn and District Community Health Centre
• Hanna Health Centre
• High Prairie Health Complex
• High River Public Health Centre
• Hinton Community Health Services
• Innisfail Health Centre
• Kikino Community Health Services
• Kinuso Community Health Services
• Kitscoty Community Health Centre
• La Crete Public Health and Home Care Building
• Lac La Biche Provincial Building
• Lacombe Community Health Centre
• Lamont Health Care Centre
• Leduc Community Health Centre
• Manning Community Health Centre
• Marshall Eliuk Peace River Community Health Centre
• Mayerthorpe Healthcare Centre
• Medicine Hat Community Health Services
• Melcor Centre
• Milk River Health Centre
• Mill Woods Community Health Centre
• Morinville Provincial Building
• Nanton Community Health Centre
• Northgate Centre
• Northwest Health Centre
• Oilfields General Hospital
• Okotoks Health and Wellness Centre
• Olds Campus Community Health Centre
• Onoway Community Health Services
• Oyen Community Health Services
• Ponoka Community Health Centre
• Provost Provincial Building
• Queen Elizabeth II Ambulatory Care Centre
• Radius Community Health and Healing
• Rainbow Lake Community Health Services
• Ranchlands Village Mall
• Red Deer Johnstone Crossing Community Health Centre
• Red Earth Creek Community Health Services
• Rimbey Community Health Centre
• Rocky Mountain House Health Centre
• Rutherford Professional Centre
• Sacred Heart Community Health Centre
• Sedgewick Community Health Centre
• Seton - Jasper Healthcare Centre
• Shaganappi Complex
• Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre
• Slave Lake Healthcare Centre
• South Calgary Health Centre
• Spirit River Community Health Services
• St. Paul Community Health Services
• St. Theresa General Hospital
• Stettler Community Health Centre
• Strathcona County Health Centre
• Sundre Community Health Centre
• Swan Hills Healthcare Centre
• Sylvan Lake Community Health Centre
• Thorhild Community Health Services
• Thorsby Community Health Centre
• Three Hills Health Centre
• Tofield Health Centre
• Trout / Peerless Lake Health Centre
• Twin Brooks Community Health Centre
• Two Hills Health Centre
• Valleyview Health Centre
• Vauxhall Community Health
• Vegreville Community Health Centre
• Vermilion Provincial Building
• Viking Community Health Centre
• Village Square Leisure Centre
• Vilna Community Health Services
• Wabasca / Demarais Community Health Service
• Wainwright Provincial Building
• West Jasper Place Community Health Centre
• WestView Health Centre - Stony Plain
• Westlock Community Health Services
• Wetaskiwin Community Health Centre
• Whitecourt Healthcare Centre
• Winfield Community Health Centre
• Woodland Cree Health Centre

Also Known As Acronym TB Previous Tuberculosis Testing and Immunization Other TB Testing

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