Tuberculosis (TB) Vaccination: Information for Health Care Providers

Clinical Information on TB

• TB Guidelines
• Contraindications (look for "contraindications" at this link)
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Vaccine Recommendations

• Development of new vaccines for tuberculosis: recommendations of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET) MMWR 1998; 47 (No. RR-13).
• The role of BCG vaccine in the prevention and control of tuberculosis in the United States: a joint statement by ACET and the ACIP MMWR 1996; 45 (No. RR-4).

References and Resources

• MMWRs on TB
• Fact sheets on TB
• Articles on TB
• Surveillance reports
• Travelers Health: Yellow Book
  Information and updates on risks for travelers, precautions, prevention, international certificate of vaccination for yellow fever, pregnancy, etc.
• Infection Control in Health-Care Settings
• TB Partnerships
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Provider Education

• TB Patient Education Materials Series
• TB Education and Training Materials
• Continuing Education Activities
• TB Education and Training Network
• Slide sets
• Podcasts on this topic
• Posters
• TB Education and Training Resources

Materials for Patients

• Pamphlets
• Questions and Answers about TB
• TB: General Information: Fact Sheet
• Materials in Spanish language
  • Culturally appropriate patient education materials
    Cover six topics —TB disease, TB infection, tuberculin skin testing, TB contact investigation, TB and HIV coinfection, and TB medicine
  • Preguntas y respuestas sobre la tuberculosis, 2009
    TB questions and answers
  • Tuberculosis - Las vacunas y las enfermedades que previenen
    Various materials
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