Tb program

An inactive infection does not cause sickness or symptoms and cannot be transmitted to others. Still, a person with TB infection will test positive for TB and may develop TB disease in the future without preventive therapy.

If the immune system cannot make the TB germ inactive, the infected person will have active TB disease. People with TB disease in the throat or lungs can easily spread the TB bacteria. People with TB disease in the brain, kidneys or spine cannot spread the TB bacteria and are not infectious.

If you have active, uncomplicated TB disease, you must complete a six- to month treatment with three to four TB drugs that must be prescribed by a doctor. A TB skin test is an easy way to find out if you have TB infection. TB tests can be performed at your local health department or doctor's office.

The skin test for TB is simple. A small amount of testing fluid is injected just under the skin on the lower arm. Two or three days after the test, a health care worker will measure the skin reaction to the test to determine whether the test is positive or negative for TB infection. A positive result usually means you have TB infection. If you test positive, other tests will be performed to determine whether or not you have developed TB disease. These tests can include chest X-ray and laboratory tests.

People who test positive for TB infection may take medications to keep from developing TB disease. This usually involves the use of a drug called isoniazid, or INH, which kills the inactive TB bacteria and prevents developing active TB disease. Use of Findings.

How did you use the findings from this program evaluation? Provide training to DOT workers regarding using an appointment log or patient checklist to keep track of appointments. Share information during staff meetings, budget meetings, and cohort review meetings.

Sustain line item for bus passes in each annual budget. Check-in quarterly with STD clinic manager to discuss any problems related to shared clinic hours. Adjust DOT worker schedules to accommodate extra clinic hours. Add contact sheet for missed or late appointments and reschedules to electronic scheduling system.

Revise the standard operating procedures for use of incentives and enablers and follow-up for missed appointments based on lessons learned during the evaluation period. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website. Linking to a non-federal website does not constitute an endorsement by CDC or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website.

You will be subject to the destination website's privacy policy when you follow the link. CDC is not responsible for Section compliance accessibility on other federal or private website. Cancel Continue. Timeline of Activities and Person Responsible. Are bus passes, extended clinic hours, and follow-up telephone calls for missed directly observed therapy DOT effective ways to increase the number of patients who come to the clinic for DOT?

Proportion of patients who received bus passes Number of patients who came to clinic during extended hours Proportion of patients who rescheduled a same-day DOT when the scheduled DOT time is missed.

Number of patients who used a bus pass out of the number of patients who received a bus pass Number of patients who came during extended hours Number of patients who rescheduled same-day DOT out of the total number of patients who missed their scheduled DOT time. Was the program able to increase completion of treatment among patients TB patients? The proportion of TB patients eligible to complete treatment within 12 months who truly completed it within 12 months.

This test usually takes 1 day. Sputum - phlegm coughed up from deep inside the lungs. Sputum is examined for TB bacteria using a smear; part of the sputum can also be used to do a culture.

Latent TB infection - a condition in which TB bacteria are alive but inactive in the body. People with TB infection have no symptoms, don't feel sick, can't spread TB to others, and usually have a positive skin test reaction. But they may develop TB disease later in life if they do not receive preventive therapy.

TB disease - an illness in which TB bacteria are multiplying and attacking different parts of the body. The symptoms of TB disease include weakness, weight loss, fever, no appetite, chills, and sweating at night.

Other symptoms of TB disease depend on where in the body the bacteria are growing. If TB disease is in the lungs pulmonary TB , the symptoms may include a bad cough, pain in the chest, and coughing up blood. Tuberculin - a liquid that is injected under the skin on the lower part of your arm during a TB skin test. If you have TB infection, you will probably have a positive reaction to the tuberculin.

Find an IN. Stop TB Bovine Tuberculosis. Breadcrumbs Tuberculosis Current: TB Control Program TB Control Program About Us The goal of the Tuberculosis Control Program is to decrease the incidence of tuberculosis and progress towards its elimination in Indiana by: Collecting and evaluating surveillance data Developing TB control policies Providing consultation and technical assistance to local health departments and other providers. Increasing the public's awareness of TB.

Monitor and evaluate local TB programs. Provide TB medications for clients managed by local health departments.