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Nurse Lucretia Goes to Jail

This videotape presents a comedic skit that illustrates the complexities involving care of a difficult inmate who has active TB disease and the collaboration needed to identify contacts and treat the inmate to cure. The videotape addresses transmission and infectiousness, medication regimen, length of treatment, and the need for good specimen collection and types of specimens.

Author:

Florida Department of Health, Florida Department of Health, Bureau of TB and Refugee Health

Audiences:

Correctional Facility Staff

Topic:

Treatment- Patient Adherence, Case Management, Contact Investigation/Contact Tracing, Correctional Facilities/Agencies, Treatment- TB Disease

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States

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