Case Management

This poster serves as a quick reference to the Revised Treatment of Tuberculosis Guidelines published in February 2003 by the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and the Infectious Disease Society of America. It contains information on treatment during the initial and continuation dosing phases, the range of total doses and the rating, information on PZA and ethambutol dosing, dosing recommendations for adult patients with reduced renal function as well as for those receiving hemodialysis, and information on how to monitor those patients.

This guide is to help providers establish and enhance social support services in a TB clinic. The purpose of this guide is to help the worker to (1) establish social services, (2) develop a therapeutic alliance with clients, (3) create an Intake Form to identify barriers to TB treatment and formulate goals to reduce those barriers and increase client functioning, (4) counsel and help clients achieve their goals, (5) form support groups, and (6) lead or participate in case management.

This information card lists possible adverse reactions and/or side effects patients may have to TB medication.

This training course uses a variety of methods of instruction to help health workers develop specific skills necessary to diagnose persons with TB and manage treatment for their patients.

This book provides guidelines to national TB program managers, policy makers, nongovernmental organizations, and donor agencies on effective management of TB. The guidelines focus on the technical and managerial aspects of treatment.

This pamphlet discusses CURE+, a referral program for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or HIV-tuberculosis (TB) co-infected patients moving between the US and Mexico.

This videotape presents a comedic skit that illustrates the complexities involving care of a difficult inmate who has active TB disease and the collaboration needed to identify contacts and treat the inmate to cure. The videotape addresses transmission and infectiousness, medication regimen, length of treatment, and the need for good specimen collection and types of specimens.

This fact sheet illustrates the timeline for various treatment regimens and monitoring techniques for persons with TB. It includes a timeline for drug regimens, providers, visits, sputum specimens, chest X-rays, and baseline and follow-up test.

This instructional packet includes a series of four print-based modules addressing TB contact investigation, case management, and confidentiality. It also provides information on managing multidrug-resistant TB and on DOT.

This resource will provide health departments with the ability to identify health care facilities in the community where targeted TB testing and treatment of LTBI are likely to be most successful and efficient. Used in conjunction with another product developed by the New Jersey Medical School National TB Center (NTBC), Identifying Missed Opportunities for Preventing TB, health departments should be able to strengthen activities in specific target facilities in the community.