Guidelines and Resources

Guidelines

• Controlling TB in the US (pdf)

• Diagnosing Tuberculosis (pdf)

• Errata for Treatment of Tuberculosis (pdf)

• Errata Table for MMWR on TB in Healthcare Facilities (pdf)

• Guidelines for Contact Investigations and Quantiferon Gold (pdf)

• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Healthcare Facilities (pdf)

• Plan to Combat Extensively Drug Resistant TB (pdf)

• Preventing TB Among Foreign-born Persons (pdf)

• Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities (pdf)

• Targeted TB testing and treatment of LTBI (pdf)

• Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection for Health Care  (pdf)

• TB in the Workplace (pdf)

• TB Infection Control (pdf)

• Treatment of Tuberculosis (pdf)

• Updated Guidelines for Using Interferon Gamma Release Assays (pdf)

• Updated Guidelines for the Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis (pdf)

• WHO TB and Air Travel (pdf)

Fact Sheets

• Isolating Potentially Infectious TB Patients (pdf)

• BCG Vaccine and TB Testing (pdf)

• General TB Information (pdf)

• Latent Infection vs. Active Disease (pdf)

• QuantiFERON Gold Fact Sheet (pdf)

• TB Skin Testing (pdf)

• Isoniazid (INH) Fact Sheet (pdf)

• Rifampin (RIF) Fact Sheet (pdf)

• Pyrazinamide (PZA) Fact Sheet (pdf)

• Ethambutol (EMB) Fact Sheet (pdf)

Resources

• Practical Solutions for TB Infection Control (online course)

• TB Nursing Guidelines (pdf)

• BCG Atlas (web application)

• TST in 3D (web application)

• List of Countries with a High Incidence of TB (pdf)

• List of Countries with a Low Incidence of TB (pdf)

• Sample Annual TB Risk Assessment (pdf)

• Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis:  What Clinicians Should Know (self-paced online course)

• CDC Publication Warehouse

• First Line TB Drugs (pdf)

• Second Line TB Drugs (pdf)

• Self Study Modules on TB

• Treatment Regimens for Active TB Disease (pdf)