Isolation Agreement Form
This form for TB patients details the actions the patient will take to avoid spreading TB.
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Tuberculosis and You: A Guide to Tuberculosis Treatment and Services
This pamphlet provides general information about LTBI and TB disease diagnosis and treatment as well as information about home isolation.
La tuberculosis y usted: Guía sobre el tratamiento de la tuberculosis y los servicios relacionados[Tuberculosis and You: A Guide to Tuberculosis Treatment and Services]
This pamphlet provides general information about LTBI and TB disease diagnosis and treatment as well as information about home isolation.
Instructions for Collecting Sputum for a TB Test
This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.
Cómo Recolectar una Muestra de Esputo[Instructions for Collecting Sputum for TB]
This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.
Home Sputum Collection
This video provides a step-by-step guide for patients on how to collect sputum at home. The video is available in 18 languages (Burmese, English, French, Hmong, Karen, Karenni, Khmer, Kunama, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Urdu, and Vietnamese).
TB Prevention in the HIV-infected Patient: Screening, Testing, and Treatment of Latent TB Infection
This online course, which includes slides, audio narration, and interactive questions, provides information on how to screen, test, and treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). TB and HIV experts from the Western Region wrote and presented the case-based lessons in this course.
New Treatment Regimen for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
The Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch (CEBSB) in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) at CDC developed a video podcast on the 12-dose treatment regimen for latent tuberculosis infection. The video podcast features Dr. Kenneth Castro and is available in English and Spanish. Additional 12-dose regimen communication products are available on the CDC TB Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/tb/).
The Symptoms of TB
This animation provides a visual guide to the most common symptoms of TB and advises people to contact a doctor if they think they might have the illness.
Datos básicos sobre la tuberculosis[Basic Tuberculosis Facts]
En este podcast el doctor Kenneth Castro, Director de la División de Eliminación de la Tuberculosis, presenta información básica sobre la prevención, las pruebas y el tratamiento de la tuberculosis.
[In this podcast, Dr. Kenneth Castro, Director of the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, discusses basic TB prevention, testing, and treatment information.]