TB Guidelines and Recommendations A to Z

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• Adult Day Center Participant Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment (PDF)
  Tool to assess Adult Day Center participants' risk for TB infection at the time of enrollment and annually thereafter to assist with DHS licensing compliance with MN Administrative Rule 4605.7000 to 4605.7090
  Adult Day Center Participant Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment FAQs 
  
   
• Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis, CID (PDF)
  Guidelines for treatment of TB disease. An official statement of the American Thoracic Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
  
   
• Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America. (PDF)
  Comprehensive discussion of practical approaches to controlling TB in the United States.
  
   
• Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children and Adults, American Thoracic Society (PDF)
  Official statement of the American Thoracic Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
   
• Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases, 2007, American Thoracic Society (PDF) 
  An official statement from the American Thoracic Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
  
   
• Guidelines for Decisions Regarding TB Screening of Elementary and Secondary School Students - Minnesota Recommendations
  
   
• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, 2003, CDC (PDF)
  MMWR, June 6, 2003, 52(RR10); 1-42.
  
   
• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 2005, CDC
  MMWR, December 30, 2005, 54(RR17);1-141.
  
   
• Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis, CDC (PDF)
  
   
• Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy, American Thoracic Society (2006) 
  An official statement from the American Thoracic Society.
  
   
• Isolating Potentially Infectious Tuberculosis (TB) Patients - Recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health
  MDH recommendations for isolating potentially infectious tuberculosis (TB) patients in home and congregate settings.
  
   
• Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis
  MDH screening and treatment recommendations for persons exposed to MDR TB and monitoring tool for patients receiving MDR LTBI treatment.
  
   
• Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities: Recommendations, CDC (PDF)
  MMWR, July 7, 2006, 55(RR-9); 1-54.
  
   
• Recommendations for TB Screening of Post-Secondary School Students - Minnesota
  
   
• Targeted TB Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection, CDC (PDF)
  National guidelines for health care providers.
  
   
• Tuberculosis and Air Travel Guidelines, WHO (PDF)
  Recommendations from the World Health Organization regarding the risk of TB on international flights.
  
   
• Updated Guidelines for Using Interferon Gamma Release Assays to Detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection - United States, 2010, CDC (PDF)
  CDC guidelines. MMWR, June 25, 2010, 59(RR-5); 1-25.
  
   
• Updated Guidelines for the Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis, CDC (PDF)
  Note: The guidelines start on page 7 of the document. MMWR January 16, 2009, 58(01); 7-10.
  
   
• Updated LTBI Screening and Treatment Recommendations (PDF)
  Includes national and MDH recommendations.
  
   
• Use of Interferon Gamma Release Assays to Detect Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Foreign-Born Persons - Recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health (PDF)
  Recommendations from MDH.