Tuberculosis Health Care Providers

• TB Education
• TB Guidelines
• CDC Factsheets

TB Education

• TB 101 for Health Care Workers
  
• Interactive Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know (web based)
  
• Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis
  
  • Modules 1 - 5
  • Modules 6 - 9
• TB in Specific Populations
  
• Latent TB Infection: A Guide for Primary Health Care Providers
• Centers of Excellence TB Training and Education Products
  
• Videos
  • Screening for TB Infection (TBI) – this video discusses targeted testing, high risk groups for exposure to TB, and testing methods (6.35 minutes).
  • Diagnosis of TB Infection (TBI) – this video compares TBI to TB disease, discusses testing methods including interferon gamma-release assay tests (IGRAs), special circumstances and medical evaluation (11.05 minutes).
  • Treatment of TB Infection (TBI) – This video reviews TBI treatment regimens, including the once-weekly, 12-dose regimen, recent guidelines, special circumstances, adverse effects and adherence (15.09) minutes

TB Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC

Includes guidelines related to:

• Testing and Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Drug-Resistant TB
• Infection Control and Prevention
• TB in Specific Populations

CDC Factsheets for Health Care Providers

• Tuberculin Skin Test
  
• Interferon Gamma-Release Assay (IGRA) Blood Test
  
• Diagnosing TB Disease
  
• Treatment of TB Disease
  
• Treatment of TB Disease in Patients Co-infected with HIV
  
• Infection Control in Health Care Settings

New: Virtual Latent TB Infection Toolkit 
The virtual toolkit includes educational materials about latent TB infection (LTBI) for primary care providers and patients that can be downloaded from this website.

2020 Guidelines for the Treatment of LTBI
The 2020 guidelines are the first comprehensive update to U.S. LTBI treatment guidelines since 2000.

Materials Available from the Pennsylvania TB Program

TB Risk Assessment Forms and User Guides

• Adult TB Risk Assessment and User Guide
  A simple tool to help health care providers identify adults for TB testing
• Pediatric TB Risk Assessment and User Guide
  A simple tool to help health care providers identify children for TB testing
• Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) factsheet
  A rapid molecular test to detect M. tuberculosis
• Think TB … Test for TB!
  A poster developed for physician offices, clinics and emergency rooms.