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COVID-19/TB - Diagnostic Delays and Unrecognized Risk for Progression of LTBI to TB Disease

This webinar was developed for healthcare professionals who care for persons diagnosed with TB infection or disease. The webinar includes a case study regarding diagnostic delays, presented by a speaker from Hidalgo County Health & Human Services. 

Severe COVID-19: A TB Risk Factor

The Heartland National TB Center created this factsheet based on the research conducted to develop the presentation for the webinar COVID-19/TB – Diagnostic Delays and Unrecognized Risk for Progression of LTBI to TB Disease. The webinar was developed in partnership between Heartland National TB Center  and the National TB Nurse’s Coalition.

Alcohol, Cigarettes and Tuberculosis

This 90-minute webinar was held for clinicians and others who provide services to TB patients or persons at risk for TB with significant alcohol and/or tobacco use.

Tuberculosis and Diabetes: A National Web-based Seminar

This two-hour webinar was developed for clinicians in the United States who may treat or screen patients with tuberculosis, diabetes, or both diseases. The webinar includes a 90-minute presentation and a 30-minute question and answer session.

TB? Maybe Not: The Differential Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

This 120-minute training was held for clinicians and others who are involved in the diagnosis of active TB. There are three presentations and a question and answer session.

Changing TB Isolation Practices: New Guidelines for Molecular Testing

This 90-minute webinar is the first of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The second webinar is GeneXpert: Examples From the Field.

Changing TB Isolation Practices: New Guidelines for Molecular Testing

This 90-minute webinar is the first of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The second webinar is GeneXpert: Examples From the Field.

GeneXpert: Examples From the Field

This 90-minute webinar is the second of two webinars to highlight the NTCA/APHL Consensus Statement on the Use of Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay. The first webinar is Changing TB Isolation Practices: New Guidelines for Molecular Testing.

Exploding Head Zone -- The Interface of Molecular and Growth-Based Drug Susceptibility Testing

This 75-minute webinar provides information on how to put together results from conventional growth-based and molecular methods of TB drug susceptibility testing (including conflicting or contradictory results) to request further testing and/or design optimal treatment regimens for TB patients.

San Diego Civil Surgeons: New Mandatory TB Requirements

The 90-minute webinar was created for TB program workers interested in learning about new recommendations for TB screening, testing, and treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel. The  webinar was a collaboration among the Curry International Tuberculosis Center, the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency, Live Well San Diego, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).