This set of 11 training modules on the Xpert MTB/RIF assay was developed by Global Laboratory Initiative partners, including FIND, KNCV, USAID, CDC and WHO. The modules include topics such as biosafety, specimen collection and transportation, supplies management, installation, Xpert MTB/RIF procedures, recording and reporting, and troubleshooting.
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Health Professionals
Lab Personnel
2014
This laboratory manual references best practices from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) MGIT Procedure Manual, and laboratory procedures from the National Institutes of Health TB Research Unit, as well as biosafety recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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Lab Personnel
2014
The TB Voices Project documented individuals' TB experience using photos, video/voice recordings, and/or their written story. Twenty-eight people from across King and Snohomish County, Washington shared their TB experiences through the TB Voices Project in 2013. The website contains: video and audio clips of more than 25 TB stories; a 13 minute video applicable for all audiences; and an active blog.
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Community Leaders
General Public
Health Professionals
Parents/Families
Persons With LTBI
2014
This document includes recommendations for improving the management of children with TB and of children living in families with TB. National and regional TB control programmes may wish to adapt these recommendations according to local circumstances.
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Health Professionals
International Agencies
2014
This fact sheet discusses the deadly duo of TB-HIV, and how members of both TB and HIV communities can work together.
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Health Professionals
Policy Makers
2014
These brief, interactive self-study case studies allow you to practice locating areas of radiographic abnormalities using real-life clinical scenarios.
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Health Professionals
2014
This website is an open-access resource library of radiographic images of tuberculosis. Individuals may use these images to gain an appreciation for the broad spectrum of radiographic manifestations of tuberculosis. The images are free to download and share for non-commercial educational purposes. To contribute radiographs and help grow this site, submit images to the editors at CurryTBcenter@ucsf...
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Health Professionals
2014
This series of interactive modules was developed by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Topics include laboratory safety, specimen collection, AFB smear microscopy, mycobacterial culture, and drug susceptibility testing...
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Lab Personnel
2014
These four webinars highlight challenges, legal requirements, and best practice strategies for preventing and controlling TB in correctional facilities. These webinars were produced by the Minnesota Department of Health in consultation with several local public health agencies and correctional agency staff...
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Health Professionals
Correctional Facility Staff
2014
The purpose of this training toolkit is to build the capacity of health care workers to address and manage TB in children. The toolkit consists of ten modules. Topics include epidemiology of childhood TB, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, TB/HIV co-infection, multidrug-resistant TB, and community-based child TB management.
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Health Professionals
International Agencies
2014
This booklet discusses TB in correctional facilities.
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International Agencies
2014
This document presents lessons learned in regards to strengthening TB care, implementing new approaches TB case detection, and increasing TB case notifications.
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Health Professionals
International Agencies
2014
This handbook provides detailed examples of the analysis of TB surveillance data, in particular TB notification data, data from surveillance of anti-TB drug resistance, and mortality data compiled in national vital registration systems.
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Health Professionals
International Agencies
2014
The Homelessness and TB Toolkit is an online resource developed to assist both public health programs and homeless service agencies in the important work of TB control among people experiencing homelessness. The toolkit contains guidelines, forms, signs, educational materials, articles, and other resources...
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Health Professionals
Social Service Providers
2014
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 webinar addresses common tuberculosis infection control concerns among health care facility staff.
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Health Professionals
2014
This 60-minute webinar was created for public and private clinicians and allied health personnel who work with pediatric tuberculosis.
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Health Professionals
2014
This document provides a compilation of best practices for psycho-emotional support and socio-economic support for TB patients from inpatient and outpatient programs around the world.
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Health Professionals
2014
The series of 5 short documentary videos presents stories from healthcare workers in the TB field, examining the risks, the struggles and possible solutions to protecting this critical workforce, including new TB vaccines. The TB Unmasked website, www.tbunmasked.org, also offers healthcare workers resources to learn more about protecting themselves, and features written stories submitted by healthcare workers around the world...
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General Public
Policy Makers
2014
These modules are designed for health care workers and provide TB programmatic information. The modules include information on managing patients and improving adherence, patient rights and confidentiality, contact investigations, and outbreak detection and response.
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Health Professionals
Outreach Workers
2014
