Disease Prevention and Control, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Suspected/Confirmed Active TB Reporting

TB Reporting

Any patients with confirmed or suspected active TB disease are required by law to be reported within 1 working day of identification to the TB Control Section. This includes any patient that has started empiric multi-drug therapy for active pulmonary/extra-pulmonary TB. DO NOT wait for laboratory results to confirm the diagnosis prior to reporting.

Reporting TB to the Health Department

How to Report:

  • Call (628) 206-3398 to make an initial report within 24 hours of diagnosis. A staff member will take your call Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM. At other times, please call the SFDPH On-Call Communicable Disease Provider at (415) 554-3613 for urgent reporting.
  • The following information should be faxed to TB Control (628) 206-4565 within 24 hours of diagnosis.
    • Confidential Morbidity Report Form
    • Progress or Consult Note
    • Laboratory
      • Baseline labs
      • IGRA
      • Sputum smear, culture, and/or PCR results
      • Pathology results, if available
    • Radiology Report
  • At this time, SFDPH TB Control is not using the CalREDIE Provider Portal.

The San Francisco TB Clinic provides consultation, directly observed therapy, case management and clinical services for patients with TB infection and/or disease. A Disease Control Investigator is assigned to each active TB case to investigate who has been exposed, provide testing and follow-up of contacts, assess the sites of potential transmission, and promote patient adherence. Each active case is assigned a nurse case manager who oversees the care of the patient until completion.

In addition, all patients with confirmed or suspected active TB on TB medications and being discharged from the hospital or transferred to another healthcare or congregate facility require written approval by the health officer / San Francisco TB Control. Link to Discharge Approval