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 eTool focuses on some of the hazards and controls found in the hospital setting, and describes standard requirements as well as recommended safe work practices for employee safety and health.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2007
This fact sheet gives an overview of TB infection-control measures and explains how to determine the infectiousness of TB patients.
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Managers and Supervisors
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2012
These new guidelines supersede previous WHO policy documents on the management of LTBI in people living with HIV, household contacts of people with active TB, other groups at risk of developing TB, and for LTBI testing. The consolidated guidelines are expected to provide the basis and rationale for the development of national guidelines for LTBI management, adapted to the national and local epidemiology of TB, the availability of resources, the health infrastructure and other national and local determinants...
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Civil Surgeons
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
International Agencies
Lab Personnel
2018
This training course uses a variety of methods of instruction to help health workers develop specific skills necessary to diagnose persons with TB and manage treatment for their patients. The training course consists of 10 modules titled: 'A: Introduction', 'B: Detect Cases of TB', 'C: Treat TB Patients', 'D: Inform Patients About TB', 'E: Identify and Supervise Community TB Treatment Supporters', 'F: Manage Drugs and Supplies for TB', 'G: Ensure Continuation of TB Treatment', 'H: Monitor TB Case Detection and Treatment', 'I: TB Infection Control in Your Health Facility', and 'J: Field Exercise - Observe TB Management', and 'K: Management of Tuberculosis - Reference booklet'
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2009
In 2003, infectious pulmonary TB disease was diagnosed in a foreign-born nurse working in the newborn nursery and maternity ward of a New York City hospital. This report summarizes the results of the investigation that followed.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2005
Adequate ventilation can reduce the transmission of infection in health-care settings. Natural ventilation can be one of the effective environmental measures to reduce the risk of spread of infections in health care.
This guideline first defines ventilation and then natural ventilation. It explores the design requirements for natural ventilation in the context of infection control, describing the basic principles of design, construction, operation and maintenance for an effective natural ventilation system to control infection in health-care settings.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2009
This manual is a step-by-step guide for developing and conducting the Case Management Conference, a forum for networking, peer support, and on-going training to improve staff expertise in TB control interventions. It includes guidelines for the conference coordinator, presenters, and moderator in the form of to-do checklists, sample letters, presentation template, and evaluations.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2004
This fact sheet details the three levels of TB infection control in health-care settings, considerations for selection of respirators, and implementing a respiratory protection program.
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Managers and Supervisors
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2010
To describe patterns of silicosis mortality in the United States, CDC analyzed data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System (NORMS) for 1968-2002. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated a decline in silicosis mortality during 1968-2002 and suggested that progress has been made in reducing the incidence of silicosis in the United States...
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2005
The Checklist is designed to provide CHWs, supervisors, and program managers (from NTPs, NGOs, CBOs, and others) with very practical ways to properly implement TB IC and to minimize risk of transmission within community residential settings, including families and households.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2010
This book presents information about implementing, maintaining, and evaluating respirator protection programs in health care facilities.
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Managers and Supervisors
Health Educators/Communicators
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
1999
This videotape and CD-ROM provide guidance to respiratory protection administrators in the development of programs to prevent TB through respirator use.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2000
This 90-minute video provides training on TB and the TB Tuberculin Skin Test.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
Outreach Workers
Physicians
Nurses
2021
This fact sheet discusses TB testing for health care workers, people at high risk, and people with latent TB infection or active TB disease. This fact sheet is also available in Spanish.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2011
