Treatment Guidelines Materials

This website is a comprehensive source of evidence syntheses, policies, guidelines, and research agendas on TB diagnosis. The website offers detailed guidance on how to conduct and report diagnostic research on TB, guidance on how to perform systematic reviews of diagnostics, tools on guideline development, including GRADE, and documents on improvement of laboratory quality and practice. All information is provided as open access, with no registration or fee requirements.

This report provides guidance to U.S. public health officials, health-care providers, and laboratory workers for use of FDA-approved IGRAs in the diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection in adults and children. In brief, TSTs and IGRAs (QFT-G, QFT-GIT, and T-Spot) may be used as aids in diagnosing M. tuberculosis infection. They may be used for surveillance purposes and to identify persons likely to benefit from treatment. Multiple additional recommendations are provided that address quality control, test selection, and medical management after testing.

This hospital discharge planning checklist may be used by health care workers to ensure that all of the appropriate steps have been taken in order to discharge a TB patient from the hospital.

This fact sheet provides information to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB) for patients who are potentially infectious.

This report presents the findings of a short-term study to examine the risk of TB among health care workers. It discusses the possible effects of federal guidelines, responses to resurgent TB, and proposed strategies for eliminating TB in the United States and worldwide.

This guideline outlines the steps involved in conducting a TB interview for a contact investigation.

These four self-study modules cover public health and public nursing issues, the fundamentals of TB case management, leadership skills of the nurse case manager, and case management of pediatric patients with TB.

This book is for health care workers considering embarking on TB control in prisons and covers structural, administrative, and medical issues. It is designed primarily for use in settings where there is a high incidence of TB and limited resources.

This report presents information about the Global TB Drug Facility, a program designed to ensure access to and the availability of TB drugs.

This guideline presents information about the prevention of TB in health care facilities.