This video provides information on how to produce a sputum specimen.
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General Public
Persons with TB
2022
This video provides information on how to produce a good sputum sample that is induced by using a nebulizer and saline solution.
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General Public
Persons with TB
2022
This material lists steps to take for sputum collection.
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General Public
Persons with TB
2021
This material provides sputum collection tips for healthcare workers to be aware of before, during, and after collection.
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Civil Surgeons
Health Professionals
Physicians
2021
This guide details the latest WHO recommendations, TB diagnostic tools, and how these diagnostic tools should be used in country programs. The guide also provides activists with the information needed to advocate for access to TB diagnostic testing.
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Health Professionals
International Agencies
Policy Makers
2020
A fact sheet with information of collecting sputum for TB, including content on why sputum testing is necessary.
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General Public
Health Educators/Communicators
Outreach Workers
2018
In this video, viewers are taught what sputum is and are walked through steps to collect a good and testable sample. These short, animated instructions are designed to help people produce good sputum specimens for TB diagnosis. They can be shown just prior to submitting sputum (e...
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General Public
Health Educators/Communicators
2018
Guided video for patients who have to collect their sputum during a medical visit.
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Civil Surgeons
Health Educators/Communicators
Health Professionals
Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers
Lab Personnel
Managers and Supervisors
Medical and Nursing School Students
2018
This resource is designed to help facilitate a training of The Union's "Online Childhood TB Training for Healthcare Workers course" (https://childhoodtb.theunion.org). Included in the training package are a facilitator's guide, sample course agenda, a participant workbook, and a sample evaluation form...
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Health Professionals
2017
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 guide was developed by the Global Laboratory Initiative, which is one of the Working Groups of the Stop TB Partnership. The guide replaces both the 1998 WHO and 2000 IUATLD guides on smear microscopy and contains many new elements.
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Lab Personnel
2013
This fact sheet illustrates the timeline for various treatment regimens and monitoring techniques for persons with TB. It includes a timeline for drug regimens, providers, visits, sputum specimens, chest X-rays, and baseline and follow-up test.
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Health Professionals
2012
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 report describes the updated guidelines for using nucleic acid amplification tests in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB).
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Health Professionals
Lab Personnel
2009
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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Health Professionals
Lab Personnel
2009
