This second edition manual includes information and resources to support the implementation of TB infection prevention and control measures. This material is intended to be used in efforts to reduce the risk of tuberculosis transmission in health and community care settings.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
Nurses
Physicians
2023
This information card provides information on the multiple significant drug interactions between TB medications; specifically, INH, rifampin, and other medications and the effect of the interaction. It also provides information on food interactions with TB drugs.
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Nurses
Outreach Workers
Physicians
2010
In this 60-minute webinar, a case presentation highlights challenges a nurse case manager navigated during the treatment of a patient with TB disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nurses
Physicians
2020
The interagency field guide contains information on strategic approaches, guidance, and innovations for TB prevention and care interventions in humanitarian settings. The guide focuses on the managerial/organizational aspects of TB interventions. References are also provided for the clinical aspects of TB interventions...
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Government Agencies
Nurses
Physicians
International Agencies
2022
This tool can be used by health professionals to help identify adults that may need TB testing. The resource also includes space to document the results of the TB assessment.
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Nurses
Physicians
2023
This tool can be used by health professionals to help identify health care workers that may need TB testing. The resource also includes space to document the results of the TB assessment.
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Nurses
Physicians
2023
This tool can be used by health professionals to help identify children that may need TB testing. The resource also includes space to document the results of the TB assessment.
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Nurses
Physicians
2023
This pocket card provides information on the treatment of drug-susceptible TB disease. The pocket card is adapted from the 2016 Official American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Infectious Disease Society of America Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis...
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Nurses
Physicians
2020
This program manual provides information on the NYC Department of Health’s policies, protocols, and recommendations for the prevention, treatment, and control of TB.
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Nurses
Physicians
2022
This report presents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) updated recommendations on the use of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAA) for TB diagnosis. These revised guidelines were developed on the basis of a report by a panel of clinicians, laboratorians, and TB control officials...
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Physicians
2009
This factsheet provides clinicians and public health educators with ways to increase tuberculosis (TB) treatment by overcoming patient-related barriers through the use of incentives and enablers.
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Nurses
Physicians
2022
This toolkit provides background information on Video Directly Observed Therapy (VDOT) and instructs healthcare professionals on how to observe tuberculosis (TB) patients taking their medication remotely.
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Nurses
Physicians
2016
This fact sheet aims to provide clinicians with general information on the presence of nitrosamine impurities found in rifampin and rifapentine and its impact on the treatment for TB.
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Nurses
Physicians
2022
The webinar presents information about interactions between TB medications and other drugs. This webinar is intended for physicians, nurses, and health professionals who treat and manage the care of patients with TB and LTBI.
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Physicians
Nurses
2021
In this webinar, Dr. David Ashkin presents information on the clinical significance of tuberculosis (TB) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Dr. Ashkin also shares information on adverse effects that can occur during treatment, as well as strategies for treatment completion and optimal management of patients with HCV and TB...
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Physicians
Nurses
2019