Alaska Tuberculosis Program Manual - Epidemiology - State of Alaska

Resources and References
Resources
CDC. “Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in
Health-care Settings, 2005” (MMWR 2005;54[No. RR-17]) at
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr5417.pdf
CDC. “Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-care Facilities“
(MMWR 2003;52[No. RR-10]) at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5210.pdf
CDC. Interactive Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis 2011 at
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/webcourses/CoreCurr/index.htm
CDC. “Respiratory Protection in Health-Care Settings” (TB Elimination Fact Sheet
April 2010) at http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/prevention/rphcs.pdf
CDC. Module 4: “Treatment of TB Infection and Disease” (Self-Study Modules on
Tuberculosis 2008) at http://www.cdc.gov/tb/education/ssmodules/pdfs/Module4.pdf
CDC. Module 5: “Infectiousness and Infection Control” (Self-Study Modules on
Tuberculosis 2008) at http://www.cdc.gov/tb/education/ssmodules/pdfs/Module5.pdf
NIOSH. “Respiratory Protection” [ Web page] at
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/respirators/
OSHA. “Tuberculosis: OSHA Standards” [Web page] at
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/tuberculosis/index.html
Curry International Tuberculosis Center, 2007:Tuberculosis Infection Control: A
Practical Manual for Preventing TB [1-171]. Available at:
http://www.currytbcenter.ucsf.edu/products/product_details.cfm?productID=WPT-
12CD
Curry International Tuberculosis Center, 2009: Practical Solutions for TB Infection
Control: Infectiousness and Isolation. Available at:
http://www.currytbcenter.ucsf.edu/products/product_details.cfm?productID=ONL-13
References
1
ATS, CDC, IDSA. Controlling tuberculosis in the United States: recommendations from the American Thoracic Society,
CDC, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. MMWR 2005;54(No. RR-12):15.
2
CDC. Module 5: infectiousness and infection control. (Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis 2008). Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/education/ssmodules/pdfs/Module5.pdf Accessed April 16, 2011.
3
CDC. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care facilities, 2005. MMWR
2005;54(No. RR-17):1–2.
4
CDC. Prevention and control of tuberculosis in facilities providing long-term care to the elderly. MMWR 1990;39(No. RR-
10).
5
CDC. Prevention and Control of tuberculosis in U.S. communities with at-risk minority populations and prevention and
control of tuberculosis among homeless: recommendations of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis.
MMWR 1992;41(No. RR-5).
6
CDC. Prevention and control of tuberculosis in correctional facilities. (ACET) MMWR 1996;45(No. RR-8).
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