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Community TB ServiceInformation for Health Professionals

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The Community TB Service provides:

• Advice, information and support to anyone diagnosed with tuberculosis and their contacts

• Domiciliary support to:

- Aid early detection of side effects of drugs

- Ensure compliance with treatment and reduce the risk of the development of drug resistance and transmission of disease

- Identify at-risk contacts requiring screening and ensure onward referral

- Facilitate access to housing, benefits, education, the voluntary sector and other organisations that can support the patient to improve their health and social wellbeing

• Raise awareness of tuberculosis in the community through training and other health promotion activities

VaccinationThe Community TB Clinic offers:

Targeted BCG vaccination for the following children under 16 years old:

• Those born in an area with a high incidence of TB

• Those born to parents or grandparents who come from a country with a high risk of TB

• Those with a family history of TB in the last five years

BCG vaccination for new entrants to this country who have not previously been vaccinated:

• Who are younger than 35 years and were born in, or have lived for longer than one month, in a country with a high risk of TB

New entrant TB screening for people under 35 years from a country with a high risk of TB.

Other servicesThe Community TB Service also provides the following services to organisations and individual members of the public:

• Pre-employment TB Screening: Mantoux testing and /or BCG vaccination £60

Vaccination for travel or for those requesting BCG without known risk factors:

• BCG vaccination £40

• Mantoux test and BCG £60

TB training prices are available on request.

What is TB?Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection spread through inhaling tiny droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person.

TB mainly affects the lungs. However, it can affect any part of the body, including the lymph glands, bones and nervous system.

Those suspected of having active tuberculosis should be referred to the nearest acute hospital TB service, in the first instance. The Community TB Service is always happy to advise on this and any initial investigations.

Advice, information and support

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For further information or adviceIf you are unsure about any of the information in this leaflet, or have further questions, please contact The Community TB Service.

You can receive help with queries about NHS services from our NCH&C Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)

Tel: 0800 088 4449

Email: pals@nchc.nhs.uk

Produced by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust: June 2013 Leaflet review date: June 2014

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Contact us Community TB Service Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust, Woodlands House, Norwich Community Hospital,  Bowthorpe Rd, Norwich NR2 3TU

Tel: 01603 776750/754

Mob: 07876 591812

Fax: 01603 776749

Email: jo.hadley@nchc.nhs.uk