Northwest Health District

Northwest Georgia Public Health provides diagnosis, treatment and case-management services to people with active TB or TB infection. Our staff includes some of the most knowledgeable medical providers in TB care. Our TB Unit investigates reports of the disease in the community, in workplaces and in schools and other institutional settings. Our nurses and administrative personnel work to stop the spread of TB by monitoring individuals who have been exposed to the bacterium or, especially, who have active cases of tuberculosis. We provide testing and preventive therapy for those who may have been exposed to someone with the disease. We administer TB skin tests, which are used to determine whether a person has become infected with the TB germ, at all local county health departments. It can take anywhere from two to twelve weeks after exposure to the TB germ for your immune system to react to the tuberculin skin test, so a second test may be required for complete evaluation.