This reference card includes information on the risk factors for TB infection and developing TB disease, primary evaluation of patients, determining the medical history of a TB suspect, essential anti-TB drugs (prescribed by TB services), an overview of adverse drug effects and their management, an algorithm for detecting and diagnosing pulmonary TB, and patient education and adherence.
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International Agencies
2006
Developed by the Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TBCTA) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care describe a widely accepted level of care that all practitioners, public and private, should seek to achieve in managing patients who have, or are suspected of having, tuberculosis...
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International Agencies
Medical and Nursing School Students
Policy Makers
Civil Surgeons
2006
This fact sheet provides guidelines for performing 2-step vs. contact follow-up skin testing, and procedures for administering and interperting skin test results.
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2006
This fact sheet uses a question-and-answer format to provide the general public with information on TB. It discusses TB disease and infection, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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2005
These CDC guidelines provide recommendations for using and interpreting the QuantiFERON-TB test in the detection of TB infection.
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Lab Personnel
2005
This brochure provides general information on exposure to TB and lists the difference between TB infection and TB disease. It describes what a diagnostic test is, and what its results mean.
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2005
The HIV Rapid Testing Training Package, developed by CDC and WHO in collaboration with the Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator, is designed for laboratory technicians, nurses, and counselors at test sites. It provides them with the knowledge and skills to perform HIV rapid tests accurately and reliably in a safe and professional manner...
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Lab Personnel
Social Service Providers
2005
This card in English and Hmong provides a place for health professionals to record tuberculin skin test results, QFT result, chest x-ray date, TB status, the medical treatment being administered, and contact information for the service provider. The card is given to the patient to serve as a permanent record of TB status.
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Persons With LTBI
2005
This card provides a place for health professionals to record tuberculin skin test results, QFT result, chest x-ray date, TB status, the medical treatment being administered, and contact information for the service provider. The card is given to the patient to serve as a permanent record of TB status.
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Persons With LTBI
2005
This fact sheet is one of several culturally-appropriate patient education materials produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute. All of these patient education materials can be found on the following webpage: www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/CulturalMaterials...
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2005
This brochure describes PATH's national TB programs to expand DOTS. It was created for a global meeting on TB in Paris, Oct./Nov. 2004.
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Health Educators/Communicators
International Agencies
Non-U.S.-born persons
2004
This training guide outlines the steps in planning and conducting a skin test training program. This resource is intended for educators and trainers who conduct skin test workshops for health care workers. The resource can be presented in the form of a skin testing training workshop or as an instruction to a single individual.
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Health Educators/Communicators
2004
This weboage provides screening information for TB infection that includes who should be screened and the screening procedures. It also presents recommended treatment regimens for LTBI.
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2004
This information kit provides information on the rationale and use of an LTBI card. It includes a sample wallet-sized pocket card that LTBI patients can use as a portable record of their tuberculin skin test, chest x-ray, and treatment status. Patients can carry the card at all times and show it whenever they are seen by a new health care provider...
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Correctional Facility Staff
Civil Surgeons
2004
This film's primary focus is on DOTS in Rajasthan, India and on TB/HIV in Malawi, with scientific commentary provided by Dr. Douglas Young, chairman of the Stop TB Working Group on New Vaccines. A sub-theme running throughout the film is the urgent need for new tools -- drugs, diagnostics and vaccines -- in order to turn the tide against the epidemic.
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2004
