Hepatitis

This Power Point presentation contains 181 slides that provide guidelines for the prevention and control of TB in correctional facilities, as recommended by CDC.

This series of patient education fact sheets provides information on drugs used in the treatment of TB (e.g., Clofazimine, Ethambutol, Ethionamide, Isoniazid, Levofloxacin, Moxifloxacin, PASER [p-aminosalicylic acid granules], Pyrazinamide, Pyridoxine, Rifabutin, Rifampin, Streptomycin). The fact sheets include information on medication side effects, actions to take if side effects occur, and instructions in the event a dose of medication is missed.

Dr. Mark Gilbert of the BC Centre for Disease Control talks about tuberculosis in a minute-long video.

A fact sheet on the TB skin test, including information on latent TB infection, TB disease, and what a positive/negative skin test means. The fact sheet also has information on testing after receiving the BCG vaccine.

An infographic with information on latent TB, TB disease, TB in British Columbia, TB globally, and TB symptoms,

This report summarizes results of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Adult Hepatitis Vaccine Project (AHVP) for 2007-2008, in response to the CDC national initiative encouraging states to use existing federal funds to purchase adult hepatitis B vaccine. Data show that 28,824 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine were administered at 29 participating sites in the first 19 months of the AHVP, and 13 sites administered the vaccine for the first time.

This report provides the most recent population-based estimates of hepatocellular cancer (HCC) incidence rates and trends in the United States. The report summarizes the results of CDC analysis of data for the period 2001-2006 from CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results surveillance system, to determine trends in HCC incidence. Results determined that average annual incidence rate of HCC for 2001-2006 was 3.0 per 100,000 persons and increased from 2.7 per 100,000 in 2001 to 3.2 in 2006.

The video describes ways to effectively manage active TB by providing information on TB testing, diagnosis, and treatment.

The video describes ways to effectively manage active TB by providing information on TB testing, diagnosis, and treatment.

This information sheet discusses the viral infections Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C, which cause liver disease. It describes the modes of transmission for each, the epidemiology of these diseases in the United States, the difference between acute and chronic disease as well as the symptoms, methods of diagnosis, and treatment. The information sheet explains the high risk of these diseases among gay and bisexual men and notes that experts recommend that gay and bisexual men should be tested for Hepatitis B and should be vaccinated for Hepatitis A and B.