The "What is TB?" video provides general information about TB disease and TB infection. The video is available in English, Tagalog, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
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Health Educators/Communicators
2017
This series of patient education fact sheets provides information on drugs used in the treatment of TB (e.g., Clofazimine, Ethambutol, Ethionamide, Isoniazid, Levofloxacin, Moxifloxacin, PASER [p-aminosalicylic acid granules], Pyrazinamide, Pyridoxine, Rifabutin, Rifampin, Streptomycin). The fact sheets include information on medication side effects, actions to take if side effects occur, and instructions in the event a dose of medication is missed.
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2017
This series covers six topics —TB disease, TB infection, tuberculin skin testing, TB contact investigation, TB and HIV coinfection, and TB medicine. The materials are in English (low literacy), Spanish with English translation, Tagalog with English translation, and Vietnamese with English translation.
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Non-U.S.-born persons
Persons With LTBI
2017
This handout provides general information on extrapulmonary TB. Topics covered include symptoms of extrapulmonary TB, how to keep friends and family safe, and how extrapulmonary TB is treated.
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General Public
Persons with TB
2017
A fact sheet on the TB skin test, including information on latent TB infection, TB disease, and what a positive/negative skin test means. The fact sheet also has information on testing after receiving the BCG vaccine.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
2016
A fact sheet on the QuantiFERON (also called QFT test), including information on how test results are interpreted. There is also content on the difference between latent TB infection and TB disease.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
2016
A fact sheet on latent TB infection treatment, including helpful information on how to remember to take the medicine.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
2016
A fact sheet for individuals experiencing a TB contact investigation. This material includes information on what happens in a TB contact investigation and how to protect others from active TB disease.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
2016
Users can make customized bilingual handouts by selecting from 41 TB related chapters and over 30 languages.
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Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
2015
This multi-lingual, animated video on TB and latent TB infection provides general information using simple messages on how TB is transmitted, the difference between latent TB infection and TB disease as well as what people can do.
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Persons With LTBI
2015
The goal of these materials is to teach patients about TB infection and to motivate them to start and complete treatment if diagnosed. The materials are designed to encourage provider-patient interactions for active learning through the process of testing and treatment decisions. There are four materials in this series and it is suggested to use the materials as a continuum, as they build upon each other.
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Persons With LTBI
2014
This video provides a step-by-step guide for patients on how to collect sputum at home. The video is available in 18 languages (Burmese, English, French, Hmong, Karen, Karenni, Khmer, Kunama, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Urdu, and Vietnamese).
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General Public
2011
This fact sheet introduces the TB blood test, also called an Interferon Gamma Release Assay or IGRA.
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Persons With LTBI
2011
This fact sheet discusses TB medication information including side effects, directions for taking medication, and when to notfiy a health professional.
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Asian or Pacific Islander persons
Non-U.S.-born persons
Persons With LTBI
2008
This is a consent and treatment plan agreement between persons who may have or have LTBI and their health care provider.
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Asian or Pacific Islander persons
Non-U.S.-born persons
Persons With LTBI
2008
