This 60-minute webinar reviews best practices for TB diagnosis and management for ICE detainees, the role of public health and community partners, and how care is coordinated for patients who are released.
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2018
This handbook focuses specifically on three technologies that are being widely used to help TB patients complete their treatment over the many months that their regimens last.
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Civil Surgeons
Health Educators/Communicators
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
International Agencies
Lab Personnel
Long-term Care Residents
Long-term Residential Care Providers
Persons With LTBI
Social Service Providers
2018
This 75-minute webinar discusses TB and LTBI testing and treatment for international students in the university and college setting. The webinar includes information on updates to the American College Health Association (ACHA) TB guidelines, LTBI treatment options, and a model for LTBI screening and treatment in the University setting.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Policy Makers
2018
The case presentation discussed in this 60-minute webinar provides insight on the complicated factors a nurse case manager navigated to treat a patient with disseminated TB. The webinar was created for TB nurses, nurse case managers, and public health nurses who manage TB patients.
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Managers and Supervisors
2018
This 5-part video (50 min) presentation is designed for clinicians who diagnose and treat tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in children. The course provides a thorough clinical overview of pediatric TB and includes supplemental resource materials.
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2018
This tool is designed to help clinicians identify asymptomatic children for latent TB infection testing.
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2018
This webinar is the continuation of the Pediatric TB Radiology webinar Part 1 from May 2017. The webinar provides information on pediatric case diagnosis and follow up. There is also a focus on reading chest x-rays. The training was developed for physicians, nurses, and other licensed health professionals who diagnose and treat individuals with TB.
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2018
This mobile application (app) was developed to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of programmatic management of LTBI. Through the app, health-care workers can collect client information used to monitor indicators for the management of LTBI. The app can be modified to meet the specific needs of the country using the app.
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Outreach Workers
2018
The LTBI toolkit was developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health for primary care physicians who may see patients that are at an increased risk of TB infection.
The kit includes:
-The CDC guidebook, “Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Guide for Primary Health Providers”
- An article from the August 2017 issue of the American Journal of Nursing titled, “Tuberculosis: A New Screening Recommendation and an Expanded Approach to Elimination in the United States”
-A tri-fold brochure listing resources for information about TB (the PA TB Program, CDC and the Global TB Institute at Rutgers)
-CDC infographics about LTBI and TB Disease
-CDC factsheets about TB testing and treatment
The toolkit is packaged in a box that measures 13” wide by 9 1/2” high by 3” deep.
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Health Educators/Communicators
2018
A trifold to help individuals stay on track with the 12-dose (3HP) treatment regimen for latent TB infection. The trifold includes a medication tracker and space to write a reminder for the next clinic visit.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Persons With LTBI
2018
In this 90-minute webinar, a laboratorian and a clinician from the California Department of Public Health provide information on how to best utilize Xpert MTB/RIF testing. The speakers discuss the manufacturer's rules, share issues in the interpretation of test results, and offer expert opinion on how to address these issues.
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Lab Personnel
2018
A webinar focusing on a case study about nursing-focused case management of drug resistant TB. The webinar is intended for TB professionals, such as nurses, physicians, contact investigators, program managers, program specialists, and epidemiologists.
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Managers and Supervisors
2018
The goal of this presentation is to help secure complete and successful contact investigations. The 50-minute webinar provides an overview of contact investigations, as well as information on available resources. Participants will also hear case studies from field staff that manage contact investigations.
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Managers and Supervisors
2018
This 60-minute webinar shares information on the basic concepts and best practices for TB targeted testing. Presenters illustrate the history and future of targeted testing in Texas. Information on the Texas 1115 Medicaid Waiver TB Project – TB Infection Targeted Testing is also presented in this webinar.
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Managers and Supervisors
2018
The guide, based on nursing and drug-resistant TB literature, establishes best practice nursing assessment and intervention guidance. The content was created to act as a reference and job aid for nurses to:
1.Identify symptoms that may indicate a side effect related to DR-TB treatment or antiretroviral medication;
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2018
