TB Education and Training Resource Guide—CONTACT INVESTIGATION (Printable Version)

General Contact Investigation
Interviewing

Contact Investigation in a Worksite Toolbox
This toolbox compiles instruments and resources for use when a contact investigation extends into a worksite. Using these materials, TB control staff will be able to follow step-by-step instructions for contact, implementation, and followup; develop protocols for inclusion of a worksite in an investigation; and adapt standard templates for local use. The toolbox provides letters, forms, policies, and referenced materials (Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 2003).
Audience: managers and supervisors, nurses, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: CD-ROM
Language: English
Available from:Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 3180 18th St, Ste 101, San Francisco, CA 94110-2028; 415-502-4600; www.nationaltbcenter.edu

Exposure of Passengers and Flight Crew to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis on Commercial Aircraft, 1992-1995. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 44(08):137 -140, March 3, 1995
This report summarizes investigations conducted by CDC and state health departments of six instances in which passengers or flight crew traveled on commercial aircraft while infectious with TB. The report also provides guidance about notification of passengers and flight crew if an exposure occurs during travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: report, 4 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/mmwr_airline.htm
Available from:Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter St, Waltham Woods Corporate Center, Waltham, MA 02451-1411; 800 -843-6356; www.massmed.org. Paper copies of single issues cost $5.25.
and U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C. 20402; 866-512-1800; www.gpo.gov. GPO provides a CD-ROM containing MMWRs from 1991 to 1997 for $19. Request item #017-022 -01418-1.

Ins and Outs of Contact Investigation
This videotape for health professionals working in correctional facilities discusses conducting a contact investigation for incarcerated persons with TB (Texas Department of Health, 1999).
Audience: correctional personnel, health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: videotape, 32 min
Language: English
Available from:Texas Department of Health, Tuberculosis Elimination Division, 1100 W 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756-3199; 512-458-7447; www.tdh.state.tx.us/tb/default.htm

Prevention: Evaluation and Follow-Up of Contacts of Person with TB
This fact sheet discusses the diagnosis of persons who have been in close contact with persons who have TB. It stresses the need to evaluate contacts for latent TB infection and active TB disease by symptom, and the need for follow-up diagnosis of contact persons (New York City Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/tb/tb3a.html
Available from:New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Tuberculosis Control Program, 125 Worth St, New York, NY 10013; 212-442-9968; www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/tb/tb.html

TB Contact Investigation: Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides guidelines for conducting a TB contact investigation. It explains in what situations the contact investigation should be used and who should conduct it (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2000).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from:Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Division of Tuberculosis Control, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-983-6970; www.state.ma.us/dph/dphhome.htm

TB Simulated Patients: A Training and Resource Guide for Contact Investigation
This manual presents a role-play-based curriculum on how to conduct a contact investigation for persons with TB. It provides scripts and evaluation forms for each role-play session (New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 2001).
Audience: government agencies, health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: manual, 48 pp
Language: English
Available from: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 225 Warren St, First Fl, West Wing, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ 07101-1709; 973-972 -0979; www.umdnj.edu/ntbcweb

Interviewing

Conducting a TB Interview
This videotape outlines how to perform an effective interview with individuals with TB (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1993).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: videotape, 19 min
Language: English
Available from:CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP). Materials can be ordered in a number of ways: 1) By accessing the online order form at www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb; 2) by calling the CDC voice and fax information system (recording) toll-free at 888-232-3228, then pressing options 2, 5, 1, 2, 2; 3) by faxing a request for material to the NCHSTP Office of Communications at 404-639-8910; or 4) by mailing a request to the CDC NCHSTP Office of Communications at 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, MS E-07, Atlanta, GA 30333. Request item #00-6404.

Performance Guidelines for Contact Investigation: The TB Interview: A Supervisor’s Guide for the Development and Assessment of Interview Skills
This guide discusses the TB interview for contact investigation and provides guidelines for supervisors to effectively develop and assess health care staff’s interviewing skills (New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 2000).
Audience: health professionals, managers and supervisors, physicians
Format: book, 42 pp
Language: English
Available from: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 225 Warren St, First Fl, West Wing, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ 07101-1709; 973-972 -0979; www.umdnj.edu/ntbcweb

TB Interview Checklist
This pocket guide outlines the steps involved in conducting a TB interview (New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 2000).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians, social service providers
Format: pocket guide, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from:University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 225 Warren St, First Fl, West Wing, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ 07101-1709; 973-972 -0979; www.umdnj.edu/ntbcweb

TB Interviewing for Contact Investigations: A Practical Resource for the Healthcare Worker
This guideline outlines the steps involved in conducting a TB interview for a contact investigation (New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 2000).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: guideline, 14 pp
Language: English
Available from:University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 225 Warren St, First Fl, West Wing, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ 07101-1709; 973-972 -0979; www.umdnj.edu/ntbcweb