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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.
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.
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.
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.
The infographic provides information on the importance of CDC's Molecular Detection of Drug Resistance (MDDR) service, how drug resistance develops, and how CDC assists TB programs. The infographic also includes a case study.
The infographic explains how the CDC's TB laboratory supports health departments, shares the laboratory's mission, details laboratory partnerships, and more.
This guide details the latest WHO recommendations, TB diagnostic tools, and how these diagnostic tools should be used in country programs. The guide also provides activists with the information needed to advocate for access to TB diagnostic testing.
The handbook provides information on safety issues involved in the processing and management of samples potentially containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Topics covered in the handbook include safe working practices, laboratory infrastructure and layout, personal protective equipment, and more.
The False-Positive Investigation Toolkit provides mycobacteriology staff with updated resources to recognize potential false-positive results and to assist in false-positive investigations. The toolkit includes job-aids, posters, and templates that can be modified for local use.
This resource presents a method of assessing and updating laboratory procedures to assist in detecting TB early by reducing lab turnaround time for reporting positive smear, culture, identification, and susceptibility results.
