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Student
Health Center TB Services
The SHC provides free
TB skin testing and chest x-ray for students and for some faculty and
staff. The SHC Pharmacy stocks Isoniazid (INH) and can order other
tuberculosis medications.
Student Health Center
TB Testing Clinics occur every Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
and 1:00 -4:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
No appointment is necessary. Students who are given a TB skin test
must return in two or three days to have their skin tests
checked by a (SHC) nurse.
LA County Department of
Health Services (LADHS)
The LADHS Tuberculosis Control Program
is responsible primarily for the surveillance and receipt of reports of
tuberculosis suspects and cases in Los Angeles County (excluding Long
Beach and Pasadena). Clinical care for TB is provided at one of the
eleven Los Angeles County District Public Health Centers or through
private medical providers. Tuberculosis consultative and educational
services are available through the medical and nursing specialists
located in the program office.
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LADHS – Public Health Website:
http://lapublichealth.org/tb/index.htm
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LA
County Public Health Clinics:
http://lapublichealth.org/tb/PHCs.htm
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The CDC also has a variety of useful tuberculosis information.
That information can be found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/default.htm
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TB Fact
Sheet (pdf file)
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