Tuberculosis Testing

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.

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

How to access service

See below

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

Key providers

doctors, registered nurses (RNs)