This online application was developed to respond to clinician's questions about TB infection, disease, and control. The application includes recommendations on the treatment of latent tuberculosis (LTBI) and treatment of active tuberculosis.
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Nurses
2023
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 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 guide is intended to help health care providers use audiometry to make informed and patient-centered decisions to prevent and manage ototoxicity resulting from second-line anti-TB injectables.
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2017
This guide provides information on the implementation of WHO recommendations and international best practices for TB laboratory strengthening. Topics in the guide include quality assurance, specimen collection, procurement and supply-chain management, biosafety, data management, human resources, and strategic planning.
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Lab Personnel
2017
This guide provides an overview of TB diagnostic tools and suggests recommendations for how activists and clinicians can contribute to improved TB diagnosis.
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2017
The purpose of this toolkit is to assist TB programs in developing and implementing a TB eDOT program. Because eDOT programs can be very diverse to accommodate individual TB program needs, this toolkit provides general information that can be tailored to fit program needs.
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Managers and Supervisors
2017
This manual is a joint publication of the Curry International TB Center and the Tuberculosis Control Branch of the California Department of Public Health. The 10 chapters and 4 appendices cover major topics pertaining to epidemiology, diagnosis, laboratory issues, treatment, medications, pediatrics, co-morbidities and special situations, monitoring and case management, adverse reactions, and treatment of contacts.
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2016
This guide aims to improve case detection, management, and outcomes of children with TB.
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2016
This document provides recommendations on the use chest radiography in TB detection. Specifically, the document provides information on chest radiography as a triage tool, diagnostic aid, and a screening tool. Additionally, quality assurance, safety, strategic planning, and technological developments are discussed.
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2016
The objectives of this document are to describe the best practices in engaging different health providers and partners in the management of drug-resistant TB patients and to describe the necessary components in planning and implementing a public-private mix for the management of drug-resistant TB.
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International Agencies
Managers and Supervisors
Policy Makers
2015
This document offers recommendations from CDC’s Health Literacy Council and other agency communicators on how to reduce jargon and replace problematic terms to improve comprehension.
Everyday Words is based on years of experience and formative research by CDC’s communication staff testing materials with diverse audiences...
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Health Educators/Communicators
2015
This guide is intended to familiarize those who are providing technical assistance to TB laboratories in low- and middle-income countries with World Health Organization recommendations and international best practices.
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Lab Personnel
2015
This plan is based on the End TB strategy. Specifically it speaks about preventing TB, active case finding and contact tracing, focusing attention to key vulnerable and marginalized groups, development and roll out of new tools, and implementing TB services packages that are comprehensive and work in different types of epidemic and socioeconomic environments.
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International Agencies
Policy Makers
2015
The primary purposes of this framework are to: 1) promote, enhance, and intensify TB research and innovation at the country level, and 2) promote, enhance, and catalyze TB research at the global level through advocacy, innovation, discussion of global priorities, and the development of networks for research and capacity building.
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International Agencies
2015
