TB Education and Training Resource Guide—SURVEILLANCE (Printable Version)

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Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions under Public Health Surveillance. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 46(RR-10):1-55, May 2, 1997
This report provides updated uniform criteria for state health department personnel to use when reporting nationally notifiable infectious diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: report, 64 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/mmwr_casedef.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.

Diagnosis: Reporting Requirements for Tuberculosis
This fact sheet provides information on TB reporting requirements in New York City (New York City Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: health professionals, physicians
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/tb/tb1f.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

Infection Control: Tuberculosis Surveillance of Health Care Workers
This fact sheet provides information on the control of TB infection in health care facilities through TB surveillance among health care workers. It discusses who is most at risk for exposure to TB and how frequently tuberculin skin testing should be administered (New York City Department of Health, 2001).
Audience: health professionals, nurses
Format: fact sheet, 2 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/tb/tb5b.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

Principles of Epidemiology by Satellite
This set of five videotapes provides an introduction to epidemiology and discusses public health surveillance, frequency measures used in epidemiology, procedures for investigating an outbreak, and methods for organizing epidemiologic data (Alabama Department of Public Health, 1993).
Audience: government agencies, health professionals, physicians
Format: videotape, 105 min each
Language: English
Available from: Alabama Department of Public Health, PO Box 303017, Montgomery, AL 36130-3017; 334-206-5300; www.alapubhealth.org/alphtn

Progress toward the Elimination of Tuberculosis-United States, 1998. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 48(33):732-736, August 27, 1999
This report summarizes national TB surveillance data for 1998 and compares them with similar data from previous years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: report, 5 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/mmwr_surveillance.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.

Reported Tuberculosis in the United States
This annual report presents summary data for TB cases reported to the CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Audience: government agencies, health professionals
Format: report, 95 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/surv/surv2001/default.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 #99-6937.
and CDC National Prevention Information Network, PO Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003; 800-458-5231; www.cdcnpin.org. Request inventory item #D640.

Surveillance of Tuberculosis and AIDS Co-Morbidity-Florida, 1981-1993. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 45(02):38-41, January 19, 1996
This report summarizes an analysis of AIDS and TB case registries in the state of Florida (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1996).
Audience: health professionals
Format: report, 4 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/WK/mm4502.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.

Tuberculosis Morbidity among U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Populations-United States, 2000. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 51(05):101-104, February 8, 2002
This report summarizes data from the national TB surveillance system for 2000 and compares them with data from 1992 to 1999 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002).
Audience: health professionals, nurses, physicians
Format: report, 4 pp
Language: English
Internet link: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/mmwr_surveillance.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.