AHS notifying daycare attendees and staff of TB exposure

CALGARY – Today, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is notifying families whose children attend a Calgary daycare, and staff who work there, that they may have been exposed to a case of tuberculosis (TB).

This case is not a risk to the general public and is also not an ongoing risk to daycare staff or attendees. Only those directly notified by AHS are considered exposed to this case.

Though this tuberculosis case is not a risk to the general public, AHS is informing the public of the case followup occurring today as a matter of transparency.

AHS’ TB Services and Communicable Disease Control teams, together with Medical Officer of Health and pediatric clinicians, are working collaboratively to complete the followup screening that is routinely conducted in response to any potential exposure to a case of active infectious TB.

We thank these teams and their support staff for their swift and comprehensive response. These efforts are in keeping with AHS’ commitment to high quality care and exemplify our values of excellence and safety.

So as to protect patient and family confidentiality, no further case details will be released. AHS will not release the name of the impacted daycare, as all impacted daycare attendees and staff are being notified directly and there is no risk to other individuals.

For general information on TB, view Frequently Asked Questions.

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