Health Care Professionals: TB Information and Resources

Effective diagnosis, treatment, and management of tuberculosis (TB) requires close collaboration between the clinician and the public health department. The Oregon TB Program, in collaboration with local health departments, offers the following services:

• disease surveillance;
• consultation based on current guidelines and recommendations regarding the diagnosis and treatment of active TB disease and latent TB infection;
• access to expert medical consultation;
• TB case management, including patient education, directly observed therapy (DOT), free TB medications, and incentives and/or enablers to facilitate adherence to prescribed treatment;
• TB contact investigations;
• education materials for providers and patients; and public health laboratory services.

Reporting TB Disease

"Each Health Care Provider knowing of or attending a case or suspect case of any of the diseases, infections or conditions listed in OAR 333-018-0015 [including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis] shall report such cases as specified. Where no Health Care Provider is in attendance, any individual knowing of such as case shall report in a similar manner. Each Health Care Facility...may establish administrative procedures to ensure that every case is reported. Each Licensed Laboratory shall report test results as specified in OAR 333-018-0015"

• Get information on how to report TB disease

CDC Guidelines

• Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis (pdf)
• Treatment of Tuberculosis Disease
• Contact Investigation
• LTBI Diagnosis and Treatment
• Guidelines for using QuantiFERON Gold TB Test
• Health Care Setting
• Correctional Facilities
  • See our 2 page summary (pdf) of the CDC corrections guidelines