This video presents information on the difference between TB infection and disease, testing methods and recommendations, and interpretation of test results. The video also discusses special considerations for testing and the medical evaluation process...
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Health Educators/Communicators
Medical and Nursing School Students
Physicians
2020
This wepage provides information on the similarities between COVID-19 and tuberculosis, wearing a mask, reducing stigma, and more. The document is also available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish, and Chinese.
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Educators
General Public
Health Educators/Communicators
Persons with TB
2020
This one-page flow diagram for clinicians and health-care providers lists remarks and side effects of second-line drugs used to treat MDR-TB. It provides information on the measured MIC, serum levels, and dosing of each drug.
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Nurses
Physicians
2020
The website includes various resources that were developed to address the difficulties that HIV programs might encounter when implementing TB preventive treatment. Programs can adapt the tools as needed...
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International Agencies
2020
Speakers for this webinar include the Deputy Director of the Global TB Institute and a survivor of MDR-TB. By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to: define stigma in the context of tuberculosis prevention and care, describe how stigma affects persons with tuberculosis, and apply interventions in the health care setting and community to reduce stigma...
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Civil Surgeons
Health Educators/Communicators
Medical and Nursing School Students
Nurses
Persons with TB
Physicians
2020
This material was developed for clinicians to use with patients that are prescribed the three months of daily isoniazid plus rifampin (3HR) regimen for the treatment of latent TB infection. There is space to write treatment information, medication intake, and doctor/clinic contact information...
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Persons With LTBI
Physicians
2020
This resource presents a method of assessing and updating laboratory procedures to assist in detecting TB early by reducing lab turnaround time for reporting positive smear, culture, identification, and susceptibility results.
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Lab Personnel
2019
This National TB Report publishes key process and outcomes measures for TB control programs in the United States to evaluate progress towards TB elimination.
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Community Based Organizations
2019
These educational modules are designed to provide basic information about tuberculosis (TB) in a self-study format for new TB health care workers. This instructional packet includes a series of five modules, an introduction, a glossary, and content covering transmission, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment of TB infection and disease, and infection control...
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Outreach Workers
2019
This webpage provides a brief overview on what health department staff need to know abut the TB Technical Instructions. Technical Instructions are the requirements that civil surgeons and panel physicians must follow when evaluating persons as part of their application process.
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Civil Surgeons
2019
Health Literacy: New Field, New Opportunities is an online tutorial designed for health and literacy educators interested in addressing health literacy barriers to good health in their work. The tutorial was developed by World Education with funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region (NN/NL NER)...
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Health Educators/Communicators
2019
The video is intended to provide overall guidance and interviewing techniques.
Viewers are presented an overview of interviewing for TB contact investigation, excerpts of a TB interview and a re-interview, and commentary from experts in the field. The checklist focuses on critical elements of a TB interview.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Managers and Supervisors
Outreach Workers
2019
This series of three videos aims to help providers talk to their patients about latent TB infection testing and treatment. Each of the videos are two-minutes long. The topics covered include:
•Why Should I Get Testing for Latent TB?
•Why Do I Need Treatment for Latent TB?
•I Received the BCG Vaccine: Do I Still Need Latent TB Testing and Treatment?
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Health Educators/Communicators
2019
This handout contains information for patients that are prescribed the 3HP regimen for the treatment of latent TB infection. The 3HP regimen is a 3-month once weekly regimen of isoniazid and rifapentine. The handout includes space to record the patient's doctor/clinic contact information.
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Persons With LTBI
Physicians
2019
A free online course that is designed to cover all aspects of the management of TB infection, including the diagnosis and treatment of TB. After taking the online course, you will:
-Understand the rationale of TB preventive treatment
-Identify at-risk groups for TB infection and disease
-Appreciate the strengths and limitations of current diagnostic tests for TB infection
-Know the range of treatment options for TB infection
-Become familiar with issues associated with implementation of TB prevention services in the field
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2019
