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Alaska Tuberculosis Program Manual - Epidemiology - State of Alaska

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Laboratories should report positive smears or positives cultures, and primary healthcare<br />

providers should report suspected or confirmed cases <strong>of</strong> TB to the health department, as<br />

specified in the “Reporting <strong>Tuberculosis</strong>” topic in the Surveillance section. Prompt<br />

reporting allows the health department to organize treatment and case management<br />

services and to initiate a contact investigation as quickly as possible. 53<br />

For information on reporting, see the “Reporting <strong>Tuberculosis</strong>” topic in the<br />

Surveillance section 2.6.<br />

For a list <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> the laboratory services available and information on<br />

specimen collection and shipment, see the Laboratory Services section (12.1)<br />

or visit:<br />

http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/labs/publications/image/Lab_Svcs_<strong>Manual</strong>.pdf<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 Diagnosis <strong>of</strong> Tuber culosis Disease 5.18<br />

R e v i s e d N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 2

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