Tuberculosis Prevention and Control

Publications and Educational Materials

• General Resources
• Guidelines & Standards
• Publications and conference presentations by the Public Health Agency of Canada Tuberculosis Prevention and Control staff

General Resources

Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) Vaccine

• BCG Vaccine Usage in Canada - Current and Historical
• BCG World Atlas (External link)
• Recognition of BCG Scars PPT. Hershfield E, Roche B. Tuberculosis Research Unit, University of Manitoba, 2004.

Diagnosis

• Evidence-based Tuberculosis Diagnosis (External link) . Stop TB Partnership's comprehensive source of information on tuberculosis diagnosis.

Education and Training

• What is Tuberculosis? (External link) Ontario Lung Association
• Canadian Medical Association Journal Tuberculosis Series (External link) (13 articles), 1999-2000. (February 2000)
• TB Education and Training Resource Guide, CDC National Prevention Information Network (External link)
• TB Education and Training Resources, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC (External link)
• TB Education and Training Network, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC (External link)

History of Tuberculosis in Canada

• A Historical Video - Canadian Lung Association's involvement in Tuberculosis Prevention and Control (External link)
• Long R. The Canadian Lung Association/Canadian Thoracic Society and tuberculosis prevention and control (External link) . Can Respir J Oct 2007;14(7):427-431.

International Resources for Tuberculosis

• International Tuberculosis Incidence Rates (2006/2007/2008)

Latent Tuberculosis Infection

• Compendium of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI)
  Prevalence rates in Canada
• The Online Tuberculin Skin Test/QFT Interpreter (External link)

Presentation Materials

• Presentation-style figures based on the 2007 Tuberculosis data PDF (Slides)(194 kb, 18 pages).
• Tuberculosis Images:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (External link)
  • World Lung Foundation (External link)

Special Reports from the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee

• Tuberculosis Among the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, 2000 to 2004
• Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Canada (2003)
• Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Among the Foreign-born in Canada (2002)
• Paediatric Tuberculosis in Canada (2001)
• Tuberculosis among the Foreign-Born in Canada (2000)
• Tuberculosis in Canadian-born Aboriginal Peoples (1999)

Workshop and Conference Reports

• Proceedings of the National Consensus Conference on Tuberculosis December 3-5, 1997. CCDR. 1998 June;24S2.
• National Consultation on the role of LCDC in Tuberculosis Prevention and Control (1994)

Other Resources

• Life and Breath: Respiratory Disease in Canada
• Costs for Tuberculosis Care in Canada, Copyright 2006 D. Menzies MD, (October 2006)
• Management of a Tuberculosis Exposure in an Oncology Hospital. Canada Communicable Disease Report. (CCDR). 2005 July 15;31-14.
• TB Advocacy Report 2003: The Human Face of TB (External link) . WHO

Guidelines & Standards

Standards

• Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 6th Edition 2007
• International Standards for Tuberculosis Care and the Patients Charter for Tuberculosis Care (External link) (World Care Council) (April 2006)

Guidelines - General

• Tuberculosis - Information for Health Care Providers Fourth Edition (2009) (External link) . The Lung Association - Ontario
• Guidelines, Statements and Standards on Tuberculosis (External link) PDF

Homeless and under-housed

• Curry International Tuberculosis Center. Shelters and TB: What Staff Need to Know, Second Edition (External link) . 2011
• Toronto Public Health, 2007. Environmental Control Best Practices: Guidelines to Reduce TB Transmission in Homeless Shelters and Drop-In Centres (External link) PDF
• San Francisco Department of Public Health. Tuberculosis (TB) infection control guidelines for homeless shelters: for shelter staff and clients (External link) PDF, 2005.
• Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, Institutional Consultation Services, and California Department of Health Services. TB in Homeless Shelters: Reducing the Risk through Ventilation, Filters, and UV (External link) PDF. 2000.
• National Health Care for the Homeless Council. Combatting Tuberculosis and Homelessness: Recommendations for Policy and Practice, 1994 (External link) PDF.

HIV & Tuberculosis

• Recommendations for the Screening and Prevention of Tuberculosis in Patients with HIV and the Screening for HIV in Tuberculosis Patients and their Contacts. Advisory Committee Statement, CCDR 2002 December;28 (ACS-7).

Infection Control

• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and other Institutional Settings. CCDR 1996 April;22S1.
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances. Office of Laboratory Safety. Health Canada. 2001 March.

Latent Tuberculosis Infection

• An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) Canadian Tuberculosis Committee (CTC) Recommendations on Interferon Gamma Release Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection - 2010 Update
• Tuberculosis in children: New diagnostic blood tests (External link)

Screening

• Update for Clinical Trial Sponsors: Requirements for Tuberculosis Screening of Healthy Volunteers in Phase I Clinical Trials involving Immunosuppressant Drugs or Drugs with Immunosuppressant Properties (External link)

Travel Related

• An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) - Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT) Risk Assessment and Prevention of Tuberculosis Among Travellers ACS-5 – October 2009
• Chapter 13 (see section on: Travelers) Canadian Tuberculosis Standards PDF - 6th Edition (2007)
• Guidelines regarding departure from Canada of persons with suspected respiratory tuberculosis (TB), untreated active respiratory TB or partially treated active respiratory TB - (Version 2006.07.18)
• Canadian Tuberculosis and Air Travel Guidelines, Version 2.0 PDF (June 2009) WHO TB and Air Travel Guidelines PDF - 3rd Edition (2008)

Vaccines & Immunizations

• Statement on Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) Vaccine. CCDR 2004 Dec 1;30(ACS-5).
• Management Strategies for Candidates for Protease Inhibitors and Requiring Treatment for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis