Alaska Tuberculosis Program Manual - Epidemiology - State of Alaska

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Indicator 2 TB case rate Decline in TB rates National Tuberculosis Program Objectives and Performance Targets a. National Objective: The average yearly decline in TB rates in the US born will be >11%. State Objective: None b. National Objective: The average yearly decline in TB rates in the foreign born will be >4%. State Objective: None c. National Objective: The TB rate in U.S. born will be
Indicator 3 Thorough contact investigations National Tuberculosis Program Objectives and Performance Targets Improve contact identification, evaluation, and treatment a. National Objective: All sputum-AFB-smear-positive TB cases will have at least one contact listed by 2015. State Objective: Increase the proportion of TB patients with positive AFB sputumsmear results who have contacts elicited to 100% by December 31, 2015. b. National Objective: At least 93% of contacts to sputum-AFB-smear-positive TB cases will be evaluated for infection and disease by 2015. State Objective: Increase the proportion of contacts to sputum AFB smear- positive TB cases who are evaluated for infection and disease to 75% by December 31, 2015. c. National Objective: At least 88% of infected contacts will start treatment by 2015. State Objective: Increase the proportion of contacts to sputum AFB smear- positive TB cases with newly-diagnosed latent TB infection (LTBI) who start treatment to 80% by December 31, 2015. d. National Objective: At least 79% of contacts who start treatment will complete treatment. State Objective: Increase the proportion of contacts to sputum AFB smear- positive TB cases with newly-diagnosed latent TB infection (LTBI) who complete treatment to 75% by December 31, 2015. 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 Introduction 1.1 5 Revised November 2012
Page 1 and 2: Alaska Tuberculosis Program Manual
Page 3 and 4: Purpose............................
Page 5 and 6: Monthly assessment of adherence ...
Page 7 and 8: When to Expand a Contact Investigat
Page 9 and 10: Introduction CONTENTS About the Ala
Page 11 and 12: How to Use This Manual Portable Doc
Page 13 and 14: Printing To access the print dialog
Page 15 and 16: Abbreviations Refer to the list bel
Page 17 and 18: QFT QuantiFERON ® -TB test QFT-G Q
Page 19 and 20: Alaska Statutes and Regulations on
Page 21: National and State Program Objectiv
Page 25 and 26: National Standards and Recommendati
Page 27 and 28: Roles and Responsibilities Contact
Page 29 and 30: Local Public Health Agencies Table
Page 31 and 32: Resources and References Resources
Page 33 and 34: Introduction Purpose Use this secti
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Page 37 and 38: Reporting Tuberculosis Detecting an
Page 39 and 40: Prompt reporting (prior to culture
Page 41 and 42: Use the Infectious Disease Report F
Page 43 and 44: Data Collection Forms The following
Page 45 and 46: Genotyping Genotyping is a useful t
Page 47 and 48: References 1 ATS, CDC, IDSA. Contro
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Page 57 and 58: B Notifications CONTENTS Introducti
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Page 63 and 64: Follow-up of B1 and B2 Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis Classification System
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Table 2: PERSONS AT HIGH RISK FOR T
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Table 3: WHEN TO SUSPECT PULMONARY
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Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease T
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1. Exposure to Infectious TB: Ask p
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Physical Examination A physical exa
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For more information on chest radio
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Laboratories should report positive
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Guidelines for preventing the trans
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Introduction Purpose The overall go
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Basic Treatment Principles Follow t
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Treatment Regimens and Dosages Use
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Table 3: FOUR TREATMENT REGIMENS FO
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† 4 Table 4: DOSES*OF FIRST-LINE
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Figure 1:TREATMENT ALGORITHM FOR DR
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a. In remote locations in Alaska, m
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Antituberculosis Drug Rifampin (RIF
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Antituberculosis Drug Rifapentine (
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Reporting Reactions The table below
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Response to Treatment For consultat
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Figure 2: MANAGEMENT OF TREATMENT I
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Post-Treatment Evaluation Routine f
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Treatment in Special Situations Tre
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Resources For consultation regardin
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with an increase in overall complet
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Liver Disease Management of TB in p
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After the initial phase (first two
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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis The bas
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Resources and References Resources
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Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis In
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Forms All required and recommended
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High-Risk Groups Certain factors id
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Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis In
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continually exposed to populations
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Administration of the Tuberculin Sk
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See “Two-Step Tuberculin Skin Tes
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See “Live-Virus Vaccines” under
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For more information on IGRAs and t
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Table 5: TARGETED TESTING FOR LATEN
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Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis In
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Policy Detailed information on the
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Window period prophylaxis is treatm
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Regimens Identify an appropriate re
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Dosages Once the appropriate regime
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Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
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If a patient reports to a healthcar
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Antituberculosis Drug Rifampin (RIF
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DOT is strongly encouraged for thos
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Table 7 describes the duration of t
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Alcoholism Alcohol-Related Treatmen
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Medication Administration and Pharm
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National Tuberculosis Controllers A
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24 CDC . “Recommendations for Use
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Latent T
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All children suspected or diagnosed
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI
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History of BCG vaccination is not a
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Because of their higher specificity
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Table 3: COUNTRIES AND AREAS WITH A
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Treatment of Latent TB Infection (L
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For consultation regarding the trea
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Monitoring DOT is mandatory for INH
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For young infants, some experts rec
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TABLE 8: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PULM
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Treatment of Tuberculosis Basic pri
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Regime n 1 2 3 ❺ Table 10: FOUR T
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Monitoring Response to Treatment Ch
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Child Care and Schools: Children wi
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Other TB medications are not commer
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10 Centers for Disease Control and
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Case Management CONTENTS Introducti
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patient-centered approach to case m
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Alaska TB Program: Timeline for the
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For assistance with language issues
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Ascertain the extent of TB illness
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medical/health problem. The date of
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necessary to teach people how to ta
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Treatment Plan Components Recommend
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Implementation Activities To begin
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o Indicate the number of doses prov
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Review the status of the contact in
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For more information, see the “Di
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importance of continued treatment a
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5. Review information with the prov
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Completion of Therapy The case mana
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Case Closures Other than Completion
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Conduct a case management meeting o
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Biweekly (BIW) doses of TB medicati
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Use DOT with other measures such as
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It is important not to send a mixed
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Medical Orders Progressive Interven
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CDC. Module 9: “Patient Adherence
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36 New Jersey Medical School Nation
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75 CDC. Module 9: patient adherence
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Introduction Purpose A contact inve
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For roles and responsibilities, ref
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Decision to Initiate a Contact Inve
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chest radiographic findings that ar
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In general, a contact investigation
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Time Frames for Contact Investigati
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Circumstances unique to Alaska may
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Circumstances unique to Alaska may
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Activity Purpose Maximum Time Inter
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Infectious Period Determine the inf
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In general, for the purposes of con
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General Guidelines for Interviewing
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Healthcare workers should remember
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Index Patient with Positive Acid-Fa
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Index Patient with Negative Acid-Fa
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Contact Evaluation, Treatment, and
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Definition of abbreviations: HIV =
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Note: An IGRA may be used in place
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When to Expand a Contact Investigat
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Figure 7: EVALUATION, TREATMENT, AN
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CDC’s “Framework of Program Eva
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Definitions of abbreviations: AIDS
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elease assay; LTBI = latent tubercu
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officials to distinguish between di
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References 1 ATS, CDC, IDSA. Contro
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44 CDC, NTCA. Guidelines for the in
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Introduction Purpose Use this secti
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Available Laboratory Tests Table 2:
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Table 3: PCR Testing Algorithm and
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Table 4: SPECIMEN COLLECTION METHOD
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5. If possible, send the specimen o
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Specimen Shipment There are three m
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Patient Education CONTENTS Introduc
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treatment, common side-effects of m
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Education Topics During the initial
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10. Explain the signs and symptoms
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Patient Education Materials Get th
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References 1 CDC. Module 4: treatme
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Introduction Purpose Use this secti
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National Guidelines The following g
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Transfer Notifications CONTENTS Int
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For roles and responsibilities, ref
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Follow-Up Type When to Initiate Not
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Action Transfers Within Alaska Tran
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Provide the patient with a. A copy
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References 1 CDC. International not
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Infection Control CONTENTS Introduc
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of TB infection control principles
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Administrative Activities 13 Key ac
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Personal Respiratory Protection Alt
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For regulations in your area, refer
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Employee Health All employees, phys
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Figure 1: TWO STEP TESTING AND FOLL
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Isolation To reduce disease transmi
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Table 4: CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS TO B
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When to Initiate Airborne Infection
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Confirmed Tuberculosis Disease A pa
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Di
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Environmental Controls in the Patie
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Return to Work, School, or Other So
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Tuberculosis Infection Control in P
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Transportation Vehicles To prevent
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7 CDC. Guidelines for preventing th
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Forms: Alaska State Public Health L
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ALASKA STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATO
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Anchorage Alaska State Public Healt
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INDEX CASE INFORMATION Name: DOB: /
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CONTACT Name: Tuberculosis Contact
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Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) Cal
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B. Documents patient care activitie
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Alaska TB Program Section of Epidem
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Treatment Summary for Active TB Nam
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Interjurisdictional Tuberculosis No
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Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI
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Instructions for Collecting Sputum
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TB Case Management Information Requ
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Table 1: First-line anti-tuberculos
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Return the fax to the Drug Room (90
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Stock Orders: A small supply of
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TB/LTBI Medication Return Form Reas
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TB/LTBI Stock Medication Request FA
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TB Medication Dose Monitoring Regim
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TB Medication Dose Monitoring Regim
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ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOC
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Tuberculosis Discharge Planning Che
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PART 2: 8. Have you ever been told
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Tuberculosis Treatment Contract Dep
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Statutes and Regulations Contents I
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Regulations Infection Control 7 AAC
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place of work is remote from patien
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(2) the child or a person acting on
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Glossary acid-fast bacilli (AFB): M
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eaction size on a later test, which
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disseminated TB: See miliary TB. dr
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immunocompromised and immunosuppres
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include medical history and TB symp
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thousands to millions of copies of
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secondary (TB) case: A new case of
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