This fact sheet provides information on the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay.
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Lab Personnel
2014
This guide was developed by the Global Laboratory Initiative, which is one of the Working Groups of the Stop TB Partnership. The guide replaces both the 1998 WHO and 2000 IUATLD guides on smear microscopy and contains many new elements.
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Lab Personnel
2013
This online course explains how the FAST strategy can be applied in various settings. FAST stands for: Finding TB cases, Actively, Separating safely, and Treating effectively.
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Managers and Supervisors
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2013
The recommendations in this manual are based on assessments of the risks associated with different technical procedures performed in different types of TB laboratories. The manual describes the basic requirements for facilities and practices, which can be adapted to follow local or national regulations or as the result of a risk assessment.
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Lab Personnel
2012
This manual provides information about the guidelines and regulations pertaining to TB infection control, methods of reducing the risk of TB infection, and facility-specific guidelines for reducing the risk and dealing with potential exposure.
The manual contains information, forms, signs, and user-friendly tools for clinics, hospitals, homeless shelters, and other parties interested in the prevention and control of tuberculosis.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
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Managers and Supervisors
2011
This resource provides information about the guidelines and regulations pertaining to TB infection control, methods of reducing the risk of TB infection, and facility-specific guidelines for reducing the risk and dealing with potential exposure.
The manual contains information, forms, signs, and user-friendly tools for clinics, hospitals, homeless shelters, and other parties interested in the prevention and control of tuberculosis.
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Managers and Supervisors
Lab Personnel
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
2011
This website is a comprehensive source of evidence syntheses, policies, guidelines, and research agendas on TB diagnosis. The website offers detailed guidance on how to conduct and report diagnostic research on TB, guidance on how to perform systematic reviews of diagnostics, tools on guideline development, including GRADE, and documents on improvement of laboratory quality and practice...
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Lab Personnel
2009
This publication, with contributions from over 30 experts, aims to provide a comprehensive, well-referenced blueprint to guide researchers, clinicians, industry partners, academics, and TB controllers in all sectors in all aspects of TB diagnostics development, from concept to evaluation, implementation, scale-up, delivery and impact.
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Lab Personnel
2009
This book is the first title in Wiley-Blackwell's new 'Infection Biology Series'. Early chapters focus on immunology and the problems facing vaccination strategies for both diseases. Later chapters deal with some of the most threatening consequences of this co-infection, such as the emergence of drug resistant TB.
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International Agencies
Lab Personnel
2009
This report describes the updated guidelines for using nucleic acid amplification tests in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB).
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Lab Personnel
2009
This document describes nineteen (19) new or improved diagnostic tools of the many that have been or are being developed. WHO has a process for evaluating and endorsing new tools for TB control programmes. Three (3) of the tools described in this document have already been endorsed by WHO and are being implemented by countries, while the others are still under development or in piloting phase and are expected to be ready for review for appropriateness for scaled-up use in the coming years...
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Lab Personnel
Policy Makers
2008
The Handbook of Tuberculosis, which explores the causes and available treatments of the widespread infection as well as current research into vaccination, is divided into three separate volumes covering different areas of study. Each volume is a resource to molecular and cell biologists, bacteriologists, immunologists, pathologists and pathophysiologists, clinicians and those working in the pharmaceutical industry and interested in world health...
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Lab Personnel
2008
This is the second edition of the "Red Book". It provides guidance to national tuberculosis programmes and the laboratory network on the role of TB laboratory services. It outlines the main responsibilities within the network and the technical and organisational aspects of microscopic sputum-smear examination and the surveillance of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance...
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International Agencies
Lab Personnel
2007
This framework identifies key issues that need to be addressed to accelerate the adoption and implementation of new and improved technologies. It provides guidance on what actions are needed when improved existing and/or new medicines, diagnostics and vaccines become available.
The document identifies challenges to retooling and proposes key steps for facilitating appropriate and timely adoption and implementation...
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Managers and Supervisors
2007
This report provides an overview of various TB diagnostic and drug sensitivity tests.
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Lab Personnel
2006
