The book provides basic information on the use of the public health and clinical laboratories in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with latent tuberculosis infection(LTBI) and tuberculosis(TB) disease.
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Civil Surgeons
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
International Agencies
Lab Personnel
2018
This fact sheet provides information on the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay.
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Lab Personnel
2014
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
Basics of MDR-TB Clinical Care: Online Video Series is comprised of a series of short, online lectures presented in easy to digest segments. The series will cover major topics pertaining to epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment regimens, monitoring and case management, side-effects, prevention and isolation, treatment of contacts, and special situations...
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Civil Surgeons
Health Educators/Communicators
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
Lab Personnel
Long-term Residential Care Providers
Managers and Supervisors
Outreach Workers
2017
This fact sheet provides brief information on M. bovis, as well as safety and infection control measures for individuals handling carcasses of animals known or suspected to have TB.
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Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
Lab Personnel
2018
The infographic provides information on the importance of CDC's Molecular Detection of Drug Resistance (MDDR) service, how drug resistance develops, and how CDC assists TB programs. The infographic also includes a case study.
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General Public
Lab Personnel
2020
This 90-minute webinar is the first of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The second webinar is GeneXpert: Examples From the Field.
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Lab Personnel
Nurses
Physicians
2016
This 90-minute webinar is the first of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The second webinar is GeneXpert: Examples From the Field.
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Lab Personnel
Nurses
Physicians
2016
Guided video for patients who have to collect their sputum during a medical visit.
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Civil Surgeons
Health Educators/Communicators
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
Lab Personnel
Managers and Supervisors
Medical and Nursing School Students
2018
This report provides an overview of various anti-TB medications.
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Lab Personnel
2006
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
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
In this 90-minute webinar, a laboratorian and a clinician from the California Department of Public Health provide information on how to best utilize Xpert MTB/RIF testing. The speakers discuss the manufacturer's rules, share issues in the interpretation of test results, and offer expert opinion on how to address these issues.
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Lab Personnel
2018
This 75-minute webinar provides information on how to put together results from conventional growth-based and molecular methods of TB drug susceptibility testing (including conflicting or contradictory results) to request further testing and/or design optimal treatment regimens for TB patients.
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Lab Personnel
Nurses
Physicians
2017
The False-Positive Investigation Toolkit provides mycobacteriology staff with updated resources to recognize potential false-positive results and to assist in false-positive investigations. The toolkit includes job-aids, posters, and templates that can be modified for local use.
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Lab Personnel
2019
