Tuberculosis

Also called TB, Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, Pulmonary tuberculosis

Notification class: Class 1 notifiable eventHealth care providers report it immediately on suspicion to the Medical Officer of Health at their parish health department, or to the National Surveillance Unit, within 24 hours of contact.
Category: Vaccine-preventable diseases

Case definition

Persistent cough (>3 weeks), fever, night sweats, and weight loss.

Specimen

3 consecutive early morning sputum sample or gastric washing (for children) or relevant biopsy specimens.

Laboratory

National Public Health Lab (Tuberculosis Section)

Timeline for investigation

Initiate within 2 weeks and complete within 10 weeks

Source: National Surveillance Manual

How it’s monitored

Notified as it occurs and followed up with an investigation report. The weekly bulletin gives confirmed cases for the year to date, beside last year’s.

The figures

The National Surveillance Unit publishes the latest figures every week.

Weekly bulletins

Dashboards

For health professionals

Case definitions

Forms

How to report