This flyer, designed for health care settings, urges patients to cover their noses and mouths when coughing to help stop the spread of germs.
The revised guidelines address the concerns about transmission of TB
during air travel and provide the following: (i) information on transmission
of TB on aircraft; (ii) a summary of the practices adopted for the
management of patients with infectious TB associated with air travel,
and of commonly encountered diffi culties; (iii) suggestions on practical
ways to reduce the risk of exposure to M. tuberculosis on board commercial
aircraft, and (iv) guidance on procedures to follow and responsibilities
This fact sheet gives general information about what a TB contact investigation is and why it is important.
This booklet is one of several culturally-appropriate patient education materials produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute. All of these patient education materials can be found on the following webpage: www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/CulturalMaterials.htm.
This booklet provides information about talking with your healthcare worker during a contact investigation and what to do if you are named as a contact.
This fact sheet provides information on the BCG vaccine and its effects on TB skin tests. Contact information for Toronto TB clincs is also given.
This fact sheet provides information on how the skin test is given and read, and what the results mean.
This fact sheet contains information about the treatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) and the prevention of active TB disease.
As a result of the first meeting of the Global XDR TB Task Force (October 6-7, 2006), the case definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculisis (XDR TB) was revised. This Notice to Readers details the events leading up to this revision and the new case definition.
This report contains an expert assessment of the current crisis in the global health workforce and ambitious proposals to tackle it over the next ten years.
This fact sheet identifies those individuals who are at high risk for TB, explains the difference between TB infection and active TB disease, and discusses TB's effect on the body. It also discusses the tuberculin skin test and medical treatment of TB.
