Links to external resources are
provided as a public service, intended as informational and do not imply endorsement by
Washington State Department of Health. These sites may also
not be accessible to persons with disabilities.
Clicking on the links below will
open a new browser window containing the link site.
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DOH
- Notifiable Conditions Washington State Guidelines
This link will take you to Washington State's notifiable
conditions and legal requirements website.
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Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) - Safety and Health
Information
Links WA State Labor and Industries website that talks about
laws and regulations regarding TB and facilities that can be
affected by it.
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Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) - Division of
Tuberculosis elimination
This federal government website offers a lot of resources
regarding tuberculosis.
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Contacts for State TB
Offices (CDC)
This link will take you to CDC's website that lists TB contact
information for each state in the US.
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Shelters and TB: What Staff Need to Know, Second Edition
The Francis J. Curry
National Tuberculosis Center is pleased to develop this video
and viewer’s guide to help your shelter create a healthy and
safe environment. This fundamental TB infection control
information can help you and your staff prevent the spread of
TB. |
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TB Education & Training Resources (CDC)
This site is a collaboration between CDC and the Division of
Tuberculosis Elimination that offers many resources regarding
TB.
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Order
TB Materials from CDC
This link will take you to CDC's publication order site where
you can order additional TB material that our site may not have
available.
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CDC-Treating TB & HIV
For clinicians treating tuberculosis (TB) disease in patients
taking certain antiretroviral drugs for HIV infection.
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National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
This site is part of CDC's website that talks about safety and
health of health care workers.
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Interactive Core Curriculum on TB: What the Clinician
Should Know about TB
This is a new online interactive training tool that will teach
the user information they need to know about TB.
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Francis J. Curry
National Tuberculosis Center
The Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center (CNTC)
creates, enhances and disseminates state-of-the-art resources
and models of excellence to control and eliminate tuberculosis.
Committed to the belief that everyone deserves the highest
quality of care in a manner consistent with his or her culture,
values and language, we develop and deliver highly versatile,
culturally appropriate trainings, educational products, and
provide technical assistance.
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NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health is a bilingual website
that offers Spanish and English publications on various health topics including
tuberculosis.
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NIH Institute and
Center Resources
US Department of Health and Human Services: National Institutes
of Health. Offers TB information and some of it is in
Spanish.
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Florida - Correctional Issues
This link will take you to the state of Florida's website
concerned correctional issues and has resources regarding TB.
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American Lung
Association of Washington
American Lung Association of Washington (ALAW) provides
information on Tuberculosis and other lung diseases. |
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American
International Health Alliance
American International Health Alliance (AIHA) offers TB
information. Also has a directory of over 400 health related materials
some which are translated into various languages.
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Virginia's Tuberculosis Control
This link will take
you to the state of Virginia's Tuberculosis Control website.
It has patient TB education
pamphlets in as many as ten different languages. |
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Seattle King County Public Health Tuberculosis Clinic
Seattle King County
Public Health Tuberculosis Clinic provides information and a
clinic for Seattle King County. |
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National Tuberculosis
Controllers Association
This link will take
you to National Tuberculosis Controllers Association. |
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TBNet
TBNet is a
multi-national tuberculosis patient tracking and referral
project designed to work with mobile, underserved populations.
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Tuberculosis (TB) Awareness and Treatment ECHO-TV Program Minnesota Department of Health's (MDH) Refugee Health and
Tuberculosis Programs are pleased to offer a show about
tuberculosis (TB) for the public. This show was produced by the
ECHO-TV (Emergency and Community Health Outreach) collaborative.
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EthnoMed
The EthnoMed site contains
information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other
related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants
to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn
parts of the world.
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National Tuberculosis Curriculum
Consortium
Our mission is to instill knowledge, skills, and appropriate
attitudes in the management and control of active and latent TB
among undergraduate and graduate students (medical, nursing,
pharmacy, public health, respiratory therapy, medical
technology, physician assistant) in their formative years, as
well as establish a foundation by which complex issues relating
to TB can be continually revisited throughout the span of their
careers.
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RTMCC
TB Training A wealth of
Tuberculosis-specific educational materials and resources, in
diverse formats, exist for the TB healthcare professional or
those individuals interested in increasing their knowledge of
TB.
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U.S. TB Regional
Training Centers
Southeastern National TB Center (http://sntc.medicine.ufl.edu/)
Heartland National TB Center (http://www.heartlandntbc.org/)
New Jersey Medical School Global
TB Institute (http://www.umdnj.edu/globaltb/home.htm)
Francis J. Curry National TB
Center (http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/)
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