TB Education and Training Resource Guide—SPECIAL SETTINGS (Printable Version)

Work Place Settings
Corrections
Long-Term Care Facilities
Shelters
Schools/Universities
Managed Care
Substance Abuse Facilities
Other Settings

Work Place Settings

Answers to Questions about Tuberculosis for Department of Human Resources Employees
This pamphlet gives general information about TB, including symptoms, transmission, prevention, treatment, and quarantine (Georgia Department of Human Resources, 1992).
Audience: general public, managers and supervisors
Format: pamphlet, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Program, 2 Peachtree St, 12th Fl, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-657-2634; health.state.ga.us

Enforcement Policy on Tuberculosis
This fact sheet for business and labor organizations provides the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's guidelines on TB. It identifies facilities at high risk for TB and describes five elements of a workplace policy program that must be in place in such facilities (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1993).
Audience: business and labor organizations, correctional personnel, government agencies, health educators/communicators, health professionals, managers and supervisors, nurses, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), OSHA Publications, 200 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20210; 202-693-1888; www.osha.gov

How to Handle Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis
This fact sheet discusses how to deal with an occupational exposure to TB (New York City Department of Health, 2000).
Audience: business and labor organizations, government agencies, health professionals, managers and supervisors
Format: fact sheet, 1 p
Language: English
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

Leaving to Return: A Safe Day in the Life of a Public Health Field Worker
This videotape presents information about TB and preventing occupational transmission (New York State Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, social service providers
Format: videotape, 17 min
Language: English
Available from: New York State Department of Health, Bureau of TB Control, Corning Tower, Rm 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0669; 518-474-4845; www.health.state.ny.us/home.html

Managing Tuberculosis and HIV Infection in Today's General Workplace
This pamphlet discusses managing TB in a workplace in which there are employees with HIV/AIDS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998).
Audience: general public, health educators/communicators, managers and supervisors
Format: pamphlet, 12 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC Business and Labor Resource Service, PO Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.hivatwork.org

Position Statement on Tuberculosis and HIV
This position statement sets forth the American Nurses Association's recommendations for nurses who test positive for HIV or TB (American Nurses Association, 1993).
Audience: interest groups, nurses
Format: report, 3 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.nursingworld.org/dlwa/osh/tb.htm
Available from: American Nurses Association, 600 Maryland Ave SW, Ste 100 West, Washington, DC, 20024-2571; 800-274-4ANA; www.nursingworld.org

Stopping the Spread of Tuberculosis in Your Workplace
This book examines how to prevent TB transmission in the workplace (Hunter College, 1994).
Audience: business and labor organizations
Format: book, 16 pp
Language: English
Available from: Hunter College, Center on AIDS, Drugs, and Community Health, 425 East 25th St, New York, NY 10010-3590; 646-733-2857; www.hunter.cuny.edu/health/aidshp

TB Challenge: An Update
This videotape presents information about TB and occupational prevention (Quality Line Enterprises, 2000).
Audience: business and labor organizations, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: videotape, 23 min
Language: English
Available from: Quality Line Enterprises, 309 Santa Monica Blvd, Rm 202, Santa Monica, CA 90401; 213-451-5994

TB: Meeting the Challenge
This videotape presents information about TB and explains its transmission, differentiates between latent TB infection and active TB disease, and discusses how to administer and read a TB skin test (Quality Line Enterprises, 2000).
Audience: business and labor organizations, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: videotape, 23 min
Language: English
Available from: Quality Line Enterprises, 309 Santa Monica Blvd, Rm 202, Santa Monica, CA 90401; 213-451-5994

TB Prevention and Control: The New Challenges
This information packet discusses TB transmission, risk factors, signs and symptoms, protocols for diagnosis, infection control measures, and effective work practice controls (Envision, Inc., 1999).
Audience: business and labor organizations, government agencies, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: information packet (1 videotape, 18 min; 1 pamphlet, 32 pp)
Language: English
Available from: Envision Inc., 1111 16th Ave, South, Nashville, TN 37212; 866-321-5066, 615-321-5066; www.envisioninc.net

Tuberculosis
This fact sheet discusses occupational risks for TB infection. It provides background information on the disease and covers modes of transmission, TB screening, symptoms, and safe work procedures (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 2001).
Audience: business and labor organizations, correctional personnel, general public, government agencies, health professionals, interest groups, social service providers
Format: fact sheet, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, 1625 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-5687; 202-429-1000, 202-659-0446 (TTY); www.afscme.org

Tuberculosis Awareness
This pamphlet for employees and employers provides general information about TB, including transmission, symptoms, testing, treatment, and special risk groups (Coastal Training Technologies Corp., 1998).
Audience: general public, health educators/communicators, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: pamphlet, 18 pp
Language: English
Available from: Coastal Training Technologies Corp., 500 Studio Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23452; 800-725-3418; www.coastal.com

Tuberculosis: Back from the Past
This pamphlet presents information about preventing occupational transmission of TB (Coastal Training Technologies, 2001).
Audience: business and labor organizations, government agencies, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: pamphlet, 18 pp
Language: English
Available from: Coastal Training Technologies Corp., 500 Studio Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23452; 800-725-3418; www.coastal.com

Tuberculosis: Back from the Past
This information packet presents information about preventing occupational transmission of TB (Coastal Training Technologies, 1997).
Audience: business and labor organizations, government agencies, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: information packet (1 videotape, 18 min; 1 pamphlet)
Language: English
Available from: Coastal Training Technologies Corp., 500 Studio Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23452; 800-725-3418; www.coastal.com

Tuberculosis Control and Training Resource Guide
This resource guide and directory for TB control training lists resources for employee training in the following areas: program management, high-risk environments, and worker education (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, 1995).
Audience: business and labor organizations, government agencies, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: book, 60 pp
Language: English
Available from: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., 1275 K St, NW, Ste 1000, Washington, DC 20005-4006; 202-789-1890; www.apic.org

Tuberculosis: Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis (Police, Fire, and Medical Personnel)
This fact sheet provides safety professionals with information about occupational exposure to TB. It discusses how TB is transmitted, particularly in relation to transport and onsite care, and makes recommendations for preventing occupational transmission (Oklahoma State Department of Health, 1998).
Audience: correctional personnel, government agencies, health educators/communicators, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: fact sheet, 1 p
Language: English
Available from: Oklahoma State Department of Health, Acute Disease Service, Communicable Disease Division, TB Division, 1000 NE 10th St, Rm 608, Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299; 405-271-4060; www.health.state.ok.us

Tuberculosis Update: EMS (First Responders)
This information packet provides the facts about preventing the spread of TB among emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. It examines what factors place the general public and EMS workers at risk for TB, what can be done to prevent the spread of TB in the workplace, and how to develop workplace policies on TB prevention and exposure control (Long Island Productions, 1996).
Audience: occupational health and infection control workers
Format: information packet (1 videotape, 19 min; 1 teaching guide)
Language: English
Available from: Long Island Productions, 106 Capitola Dr, Durham, NC 27713-4471; 919-544-6663; www.lip-online.com

Tuberculosis Update: Healthcare
This information packet provides the facts about preventing the spread of TB in health care settings. It examines what factors place the general public health care workers at risk for TB, what can be done to prevent the spread of TB in health care settings, and how to develop workplace policies on TB prevention and exposure control (Long Island Productions, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: information packet (1 videotape, 22 min; 1 teaching guide)
Language: English
Available from: Long Island Productions, 106 Capitola Dr, Durham, NC 27713-4471; 919-544-6663; www.lip-online.com

Tuberculosis Update: Institutional
This information packet provides the facts about preventing the spread of TB among institutional personnel. It examines what factors place the general public and institutional workers at risk for TB, what can be done to prevent the spread of TB in the workplace, and how to develop workplace policies on TB prevention and exposure control (Long Island Productions, 1996).
Audience: health professionals, occupational health and infection control workers, physicians
Format: information packet (1 videotape, 21 min; 1 teaching guide)
Language: English
Available from: Long Island Productions, 106 Capitola Dr, Durham, NC 27713-4471; 919-544-6663; www.lip-online.com

Union Action Works: Fight TB
This information packet contains fact sheets and a training workbook to educate union members about TB (Service Employees International Union, 1995).
Audience: business and labor organizations, general public, health educators/communicators
Format: information packet, 6 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union, 1313 L St, NW, Washington, DC 20005; 202-898-3200; www.seiu.org/political_action/index.cfm

Union Tools That Work
This fact sheet discusses the role of unions in preventing the spread of TB. It provides statistics that show the risk for contracting TB in the workplace and describes how unions can form safety and health committees to help control TB (Service Employees International Union, 1995).
Audience: business and labor organizations, general public, health educators/communicators
Format: fact sheet, 4 pp
Language: English
Available from: Service Employees International Union, 1313 L St, NW, Washington, DC 20005; 202-898-3200; www.seiu.org/political_action/index.cfm

Corrections

About Tuberculosis Precautions for Law Enforcement, Correctional, Parole, and Probation Personnel
This pamphlet discusses TB and means of controlling and preventing TB in correctional facilities via inmate containment, environmental measures, preventive therapy, personal protective equipment, workplace policies, and universal precautions (Channing L. Bete Company, Inc., 2000).
Audience: correctional personnel, government agencies, health educators/communicators, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: pamphlet, 15 pp
Language: English
Available from: Channing L. Bete Company, Inc., One Community Place, South Deerfield, MA 01373-0200; 800-477-4776; www.channing-bete.com

Controlling TB in Correctional Facilities
This resource, available online only, provides case studies of TB in correctional facilities, treatment tables, and contact information for the National Commission for Correctional Health Care (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995).
Audience: government agencies, health professionals
Format: online resource
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/tb_corrections.pdf

Controlling Tuberculosis in Community Corrections
This report considers the increasing incidence and prevalence of TB infection in the United States (U.S. Department of Justice, 1995).
Audience: government agencies, health professionals, policy makers
Format: report, 11 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/corpub95.htm
Available from: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Criminal Justice Reference Service, PO Box 6000, Rockville, MD 20849-6000; 800-851-3420, 301-519-5500; www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij

Creating a Plan to Control Tuberculosis
This videotape explains how to establish a TB control plan in correctional facilities and provides guidelines about how to conduct a risk assessment upon which the plan is to be based (Texas Department of Health, 1999).
Audience: correctional personnel, government agencies, health educators/communicators, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: videotape, 22 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

Information on TB for Criminal Justice Workers
This pamphlet examines the relationship between TB and criminal justice workers (New York State Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: correctional personnel
Format: pamphlet, 8 pp
Language: English
Available from: New York State Department of Health, Bureau of TB Control, Corning Tower, Rm 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0669; 518-474-4845; www.health.state.ny.us/home.html

Information on Tuberculosis for Criminal Justice Workers
This pamphlet describes the TB skin test, the difference between active TB disease and latent TB infection, symptoms, and treatments. It also discusses what criminal justice workers can do to prevent the spread of TB and to control its spread within correctional facilities (New York City Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: correctional personnel, government agencies, health educators/communicators, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: pamphlet, 8 pp
Language: English
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

Ins and Outs of Contact Investigation
This videotape for health professionals working in correctional facilities presents information about 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

Nurse Lucretia Goes to Jail
This videotape presents a comedic skit that illustrates the complexities involving care of a difficult inmate who has active TB disease and the collaboration needed to identify contacts and treat the inmate to cure. The videotape addresses transmission and infectiousness, medication regimen, length of treatment, and the need for good specimen collection and types of specimens (Florida Department of Health, 2002).
Audience: correctional personnel
Format: videotape, 17 min
Language: English
Available from: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of TB and Refugee Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN A20, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1717; 850-245-4350; www.doh.state.fl.us

Preventing Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities
This videotape presents information about TB prevention and control in correctional facilities. It also explains the means of transmission and the difference between active TB disease and latent TB infection (Texas Department of Health, 1999).
Audience: correctional personnel, government agencies, health educators/communicators, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: videotape, 22 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 and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 45(RR-8), June 7, 1996
This guideline updates and expands previously published recommendations for preventing and controlling TB in correctional facilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1996).
Audience: correctional personnel, health professionals
Format: guideline, 34 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/maj_guide.htm.
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 #00-6575.
and CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org. Request inventory item #M023.
and 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.

Probable Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Correctional Facility-California. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 42(03) 48-51, January 29, 1993
This report presents findings of a state and local health department investigation into the possibility of nosocomical TB transmission from inmates to staff in a California correctional facility from 1990 to 1991 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1993).
Audience: health professionals
Format: report, 4 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm4203.pdf
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.

TB Control in Prisons and Jails
This videotape discusses TB prevention in correctional settings. It discusses TB screening, testing, treatment, and prevention (New York State Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: correctional personnel, government agencies, health professionals, managers and supervisors
Format: videotape, 21 min
Language: English
Available from: New York State Department of Health, Bureau of TB Control, Corning Tower, Rm 840, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237-0669; 518-474-4845; www.health.state.ny.us/home.html

TB in Correctional Institutions
This fact sheet discusses the risk of TB for inmates and employees of correctional facilities (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 1993).
Audience: correctional personnel, general public
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Available from: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, 1625 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-5687; 202-429-1000, 202-659-0446 (TTY); www.afscme.org

TB: I Wish I'd Known Then What I Know Now
This videotape discusses TB symptoms and transmission, and reviews universal precautions that correctional officers should take to help to prevent the spread of TB (Texas Department of Health, 1999).
Audiences: business and labor organizations, correctional personnel, government agencies, health educators/communicators, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: videotape, 9 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

TB Infection Control Template for Jails
This manual provides 20 sample policies and procedures addressing a range of concerns for controlling TB in correctional facilities including: risk assessment; staff training and respiratory protection; inmate isolation, treatment, and discharge planning; contact investigation; and data management and evaluation (Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center).
Audience: correctional personnel
Format: CD-ROM, manual
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.

Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis among Immunocompromised Persons in a Correctional System-New York, 1991. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 41(28):507-509, July 17, 1992
This report summarizes preliminary results of an investigation of multidrug-resistant TB in a correctional facility in New York (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1992).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: report, 3 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/mmwr_mdrtb.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.

Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities
This report summarizes the results of a survey conducted to determine the extent of TB and TB control in correctional facilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institute of Justice, 1994).
Audience: correctional personnel
Format: report, 69 pp
Language: English
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org

Tuberculosis (Correctional Officers)
This videotape for correctional facilities discusses preventing occupational transmission of TB (Texas Department of Health, 1997).
Audience: correctional personnel, general public, health educators/communicators, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers
Format: videotape, 9 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

Tuberculosis Screening and Diagnosis in Correctional Facilities
This videotape identifies and describes the two types of TB screening, lists the elements of a TB screening program, and outlines the steps to complete the diagnostic process (Texas Department of Health, 1999).
Audience: correctional personnel, health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: videotape, 29 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

What Is the Role of Prisons in HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention?
This fact sheet discusses the role of prisons in preventing TB and other communicable diseases (University of California San Francisco, 2000).
Audience: correctional personnel, policy makers
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.caps.ucsf.edu/inmaterev.html
Available from: CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org. Request inventory item #D503.

Long-Term Care Facilities

Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Facilities Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 39(RR-10):7-20, July 13, 1990
This guideline discusses TB control activities appropriate for facilities providing long-term care for elderly persons-long-term-care wings or units in hospitals, adult foster-care homes, board and care homes, and other congregate settings for the elderly (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1990).
Audience: community leaders, health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: guideline, 20 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/maj_guide.htm.
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 #00-3327.
and 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.

Two-Step Testing: Nursing Home and Rest Home Residents
This fact sheet discusses the rationale and procedures for two-step TB skin testing for nursing and rest home residents (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2001).
Audience: health professionals
Format: fact sheet, 1 p
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

Shelters

TB in Homeless Shelters: Reducing the Risk through Ventilation, Filters, and UV
This guideline provides directors and facility managers of homeless shelters and other shelter workers with information on reducing the risk of TB transmission through ventilation, filters, and use of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 1999).
Audience: community leaders, health professionals, managers and supervisors, occupational health and infection control workers, social service providers
Format: guideline, 75 pp
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.

Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Key High-Risk Communities
This CD-ROM is primarily for urban TB programs wishing to improve secondary prevention of TB in groups at highest risk of progression to active TB disease, including the homeless, chemically dependent, and mentally ill (Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 2002).
Audience: health professionals, social service providers
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.

Tuberculosis Prevention Guide to Homeless Service Providers
This guide presents information about TB prevention and discusses the epidemiology of TB among homeless persons in Los Angeles (Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, 2002).
Audience: community leaders, health professionals, social service providers
Format: book, 45 pp
Language: English
Available from: Homeless Health Care Los Angeles, 2330 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057; 213-744-0724; www.hhcla.org

Schools/Universities

Designing a Tuberculosis Standardized Patient Program for Medical Students
This book is designed for medical school faculty who are interested in implementing a TB standardized patient program for medical school students (New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 2002).
Audience: medical and nursing school students, policy makers
Format: book, 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

Guidelines for Initiating a School-Based Directly Observed Therapy Program
This pamphlet provides guidelines on initiating a school-based DOT program for TB. Topics include followup during course of treatment, collaboration and communication between the DOT coordinator and school nurse, and quality assurance (New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 2002).
Audience: community leaders, government agencies, health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: pamphlet, 16 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

Tuberculosis School Nurse Handbook
This handbook discusses screening and medicating school children for TB disease and infection (New Jersey Medical School, National Tuberculosis Center, 2001).
Audience: nurses
Format: book, 30 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.umdnj.edu/ntbcweb/pr_frame.html
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

Tuberculosis Training for the International Medical Graduate
This book is for residency program directors, health administrators, and TB control programs to help them provide an educational program for international medical graduates that will ensure that they update their knowledge and skills in accordance with current TB control guidelines (Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center, 2002).
Audience: health professionals, medical and nursing school students
Format: book, 30 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.harlemtbcenter.org/dept/harlemtb/img/pdf
Available from: Charles P. Felton National Tuberculosis Center at Harlem Hospital, 2238 Fifth Ave, First Fl, New York, NY 10037; 212-939-8254; www.harlemtbcenter.org

Managed Care

Communicable Disease Control in a Managed Care Environment
This guideline discusses the practice of public health and how it is changing from a fee-for-service system to a predominately managed care system (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, interest groups
Format: guideline, 17 pp
Language: English
Available from: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 1275 K St, NW, Ste 800, Washington, DC 20005-4006; 202-371-9090; www.astho.org

Tuberculosis Control in a Changing Health Care System: Model Contract Specifications for Managed Care Organizations
This report, available online only, discusses recent changes in managed health care for persons with TB (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998).
Audience: health professionals, physicians
Format: report
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/pem.htm

Substance Abuse Facilities

The Tuberculosis Epidemic: Legal and Ethical Issues for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment Providers
This guideline for substance abuse treatment personnel explains the legal and ethical issues surrounding the management and treatment of patients with TB. It discusses TB, the difference between active TB disease and latent TB infection, and treatment options for both types of TB (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1995).
Audience: health professionals, managers and supervisors, social service providers
Format: guideline, 145 pp
Language: English
Available from: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Clearinghouse, 5600 Fishers Ln, PO Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20857; 800-729-6686, 301-443-8956; www.samhsa.gov

Tuberculosis Prevention in Drug-Treatment Centers and Correctional Facilities-Selected U.S. Sites, 1990-1991. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 42(11):210-213, March 26, 1993
This report summarizes the results of a demonstration project conducted from 1990 to 1991 to evaluate the feasibility of providing onsite screening for TB infection among drug treatment center clients and correctional facility inmates, and preventive therapy to reduce the risk for TB among persons with TB infection (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1993).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: report, 4 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/mmwr_highrisk.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.

Other Settings

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.