Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease with standardized regimens for medical treatment. When drug resistance, persistent disease, or other complications occur, medical resolution of the disease may not be the only feasible option. This webinar will cover the indications for surgery in TB patients.

Surgical Interventions in the Management of Tuberculosis

TB control remains a public health challenge in multiple settings. TB can be particularly problematic in correctional and detention facilities, in which persons from diverse backgrounds and communities are housed in close proximity for varying periods. Effective TB prevention and control measures in correctional facilities are needed to reduce TB rates among inmates and the general U.S. population.

TB in Correctional Facilities

This webinar  develops a culture-general perspective, explores how to provide patient-centered care to diverse populations, and illustrates use if new technologies to ensure effective communication with clients from other cultures.

Working Effectively with Diverse Populations

This webinar explored successful and innovative approaches to TB control challenges in low-incidence settings. Geographical distance and staffing can present program constraints, but some approaches work better than others. Sound TB control principles, flexibility, and a patient-centered approach are essential.

What Works Best in Rural Areas and Low Incidence Settings

This webinar is intended to discuss the typical presentation of TB patients in the emergency department and outline the steps necessary to reduce missed opportunities for appropriate diagnosis and treatment. The seminar will also cover administrative, environmental, and respiratory protection control measures with the goal of improving infection control practices in emergency department settings.

Management of Tuberculosis in Emergency Department Settings

The management of patients infected with M. tuberculosis can be complicated and challenging in the presence of other medical conditions. This webinar will specifically cover screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of TB patients who are pregnant. The seminar will consist of an overview of the current practices and recommendation related to this population, as well as issues around TB in women of childbearing age.

Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis in the Pregnant Patient

This webinar explored successful and innovative approaches to implementing legal interventions in TB control programs in the United States. Experts shared legal and ethical considerations, as well as hands-on experiences, practical steps, and legal tools that can be used to improve outcomes of case management, treatment outcomes, and contact investigations.

Legal Interventions in TB Control

This webinar will cover resources that can be utilized to assist at-risk TB patients. We will do this through a multiple layer approach that looks at TB patients as individuals as well as how practitioners can enhance service through system-wide interventions, and through program collaborations.

Enhancing Supportive Social Services for TB Patients

The management of patients infected with M. tuberculosis in the presence of an immunocompromising condition can be complicated and challenging. This webinar which was presented on September 16, 2009, covers screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients who are taking anti-tumor necrosis factor agents (TNF-alpha inhibitors).

Management of Tuberculosis in Patients on TNF-alpha Inhibitors

Global Tuberculosis Institute (GTBI)

This webinar explores successful and innovative approaches to TB management challenges in low-incidence settings. Geographical distance and staffing can present program constraints, but some approaches work better than others. Sound TB managament principles, flexibility, and a patient-centered approach are essential.

The risk of TB transmission is high in settings such as emergency departments where care may be provided to patients before they are diagnosed with TB disease. This web-based seminar is intended to discuss the typical presentation of TB patients in the emergency department and outline the steps necessary to reduce missed opportunities for appropriate diagnosis and treatment.

This webinar provides an overview of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) and highlight the role of the school nurse in TB management.  The webinar describes the screening and management of pediatric TB, discusses the importance of Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) in schools and reviews the guidelines for TB in New Jersey schools.

NJ Webinar-TB Update for School Nurses

This webinar describes the diagnosis and treatment procedures of pediatric TB meningitis, discusses case management strategies and describe lessons learned from a case study.

NJ Webinar-Pediatric TB Meningitis-Challenges and Opportunities

This webinar describes the human rights-based approach for patient –centered tuberculosis (TB) care and highlight the power of the words we use while caring for patients.  Strategies for reducing stigmatizing language are shared.

Changing the Conversation: Human Rights and the Power of Words in Tuberculosis Care

This web-based seminar will cover the new tuberculosis technical instructions for panel physicians and the implications for United States (US) practitioners. Case presentations will explore adoptees, drug resistant TB, and the severely ill.

Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians

This video discusses screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI).  It covers targeting testing, high risk groups and testing methods.

Screening of Latent TB Infection (LTBI)

This video discusses diagnosing Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI).  It discusses treatment regimens, including the new 12-dose regimen, recent guidelines, special circumstances, adverse effects and adherence.

Treatment of Latent TB Infection (LTBI)

Treatment of tuberculosis requires multi-drug combination therapy over a sufficient time period and all anti-TB medications are associated with a predictable incidence of adverse effects ranging from mild to severe. This web-based seminar discusses the management of medication side effects in TB patients to decrease the risk of toxicity and ensure completion of therapy. Originally recorded August 30, 2011.

Treatment of TB-Managing Adverse Drug Effects

The purpose of this webinar is to begin the process of providing TB program leaders, managers, and clinicians with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead TB cohort reviews in their program areas. The seminar covers recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding this requirement in the cooperative agreement, principles of the TB cohort review process, impact of cohort reviews, and examples of implementation in local program areas. The format includes exposition of the guidance, discussion of principles and process, and examples highlighting implementation in Missouri, New York City, and Oregon. Originally recorded November 4, 2010.

Introduction to the Cohort Review Process

This seminar will explore issues around HIV screening in TB clinics, including barriers to provider-initiated HIV testing, successful strategies to improve screening rates, and interventions for strengthening TB-HIV collaborations. The format will include an overview of the CDC's recommendations, perspectives and experiences of TB programs, and a case study. Originally recorded August 28, 2012.

HIV Screening in TB Programs-A Practical Approach

This web-based seminar covers the diagnosis and treatment of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Case presentations explore clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation, typical complications, and principles of managing extra-pulmonary TB disease.  Originally recorded March 15, 2012.

Head to Toe-Case Studies of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

This video discusses diagnosing Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI).  It compares TB infection and TB disease, discusses testing methods, including IGRAs, and special circumstances and medical evaluation.

Diagnosis of Latent TB Infection (LTBI)

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