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Alaska Tuberculosis Program Manual - Epidemiology - State of Alaska

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with an increase in overall completion <strong>of</strong> antituberculosis therapy and a decrease in<br />

new cases between 1986 and 1991. 40<br />

Safe Treatment Guidelines<br />

In 2006, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) issued “An Official ATS <strong>State</strong>ment:<br />

Hepatotoxicity <strong>of</strong> Antituberculosis Therapy.” 41 Consult these recommendations at<br />

http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/174/8/935 on pages 943-947 for guidance in the<br />

following areas for the safe treatment <strong>of</strong> LTBI and TB Disease:<br />

<strong>Program</strong> Infrastructure<br />

Provider Education and Resources<br />

Pretreatment Clinical Evaluation<br />

Patient Education<br />

Medication Administration and Pharmacy<br />

Treatment <strong>of</strong> LTBI and Treatment <strong>of</strong> TB Disease<br />

Restarting Anti-TB Medications in Patients with Druginduced<br />

Hepatitis<br />

For additional information about anti-TB medication reintroduction and monitoring see<br />

Figure 3: Restarting Anti-TB Medications in Patients with Drug-Induced Hepatitis.<br />

A L A S K A T U B E R C U L O S I S P R O G R A M M A N U A L Treatment <strong>of</strong> Tuber culosis Disease 6.32<br />

Revised November 2012

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