While World TB Day was just a few days ago, awareness and efforts to end the Spread of Tuberculosis need to continue year round. According to the CDC, after twenty years of annual declines in reported tuberculosis (TB) cases, progress toward TB elimination in the United States appears to have stalled.
Understand that TB is not blatantly obvious - not everyone infected with TB bacteria is sick; millions of US residents have latent TB infection and could become sick with TB disease at some point in their lives.
The CDC and others work hard to provide resources for providers, patients, and to offer TB programs that can strengthen efforts to diagnose, treat, and ultimately eliminate TB disease and latent TB infections.
Resources for TB Programs
- Program Evaluation
Guides, Handbooks, National TB Indicators Project (NTIP), Aggregated Reports, Webinars - National TB Program Objectives
- Genotyping
Basic Information, TB GIMs, Guides, Fact sheets... - CDC Tuberculosis Surveillance Data Training - Report of Verified Case of Tuberculosis
- Report of Verified Case of Tuberculosis (RVCT) Form
- International Notification of TB Cases
Process, Form, List of Program Contact Information - Programmatic Support for TB Cooperative Agreement Recipients
Site Visits... - State TB Control Offices
- Tuberculosis Laws and Policies
- Infographics of cost analysis for the treatment of drug-resistant TB
- TB Drug and Skin Testing Solution Shortages
Protect yourself against the risk of Tuberculosis exposure. Our safety booklets, CD-ROMS, DVD programs, and compliance kits will provide you and your employees with all the information you need regarding prevention of Tuberculosis. Following OSHA standards, you can rest assured that you are compliant within your industry. There is even a poster available to serve as a daily reference.
