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Tuberculosis - Health Care Professionals
Information on:
The goal of the Maine Tuberculosis (TB) Program is to eliminate tuberculosis by:
- Assuring proper identification and treatment of persons who have TB disease
- Preventing the spread of disease to others
- Finding, screening and treating persons exposed to those with disease
- Targeting screening and treatment to populations at high-risk for TB
The TB Program works in collaboration with health care providers, the public health departments and community agencies to conduct surveillance, screening, treatment and containment activities for TB disease and Latent TB Infection (LTBI).
The Maine Tuberculosis Program offers the following services:
- Recommendations regarding the diagnosis and treatment of active TB disease and LTBI based upon current guidelines
- Expert medical consultation
- Public Health Laboratory testing
- Case management by a Public Health Nurse for active TB and high risk LTBI cases
- Isolation recommendations
- Directly observed therapy (DOT)
- Consultation/technical assistance in conducting contact investigations
- Disease surveillance, data analysis and monitoring of trends
- Maintenance of a TB/LTBI registry
- Free TB medications and services if eligible based upon income
- Incentives and enablers to facilitate adherence to treatment
- Educational resources and training for health care professionals
- Patient educational materials
Treatment Resources
- Global TB Institute: Diagnosis and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) (PDF) Card
- Global TB Institute: Treatment of Tuberculosis: Standard Therapy for Active Disease in Adults and Adolescents (PDF) Card
- Global TB Institute: Treatment of Tuberculosis: Standard Therapy for Active Disease in Children (PDF) Card
- CDC: Treatment Information for LTBI and TB Disease
- Northern Light Health Webinar "Latent Tuberculosis for the Primary Care Clinician"
- Maine CDC Webinar "Close contacts of persons diagnosed with TB disease: What primary care providers need to know (MP4)"
- Maine CDC Webinar Slides "Close contacts of persons diagnosed with TB disease: What primary care providers need to know (PDF)"
Correctional Facility
Shelter Facilities
- Shelter Recommendations (Word) | also in PDF
- Tuberculosis Tool Kit (Word) | also in PDF
Maine Resources
- Maine CDC TB Control Contact and Disease Reporting Information
- Tuberculosis Case/Suspect Reporting Form (Word)
- LTBI Treatment Form (PDF)
- Tuberculosis Fact Sheet (PDF) | عربي | Français (PDF) | Kreyòl Ayisyen (PDF) | Kinyarwanda (PDF) | Lingala (PDF) | Português (PDF) | Pусский (PDF) | Soomaali (PDF) | Swahili (PDF) Español (PDF) | українська (PDF) | Tiếng Việt (PDF)
- Maine Tuberculosis Case Rates (PDF) - 2016-2020 Data
- Tuberculosis Surveillance Reports 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 (PDF)
- Latent Tuberculosis Infection Surveillance Report 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 (PDF)
- Latent TB (LTBI) versus TB Disease (PDF)
- I was exposed to a person diagnosed with TB. What now? (PDF)
- I have TB symptoms. What now? (PDF)
- I had a positive TB skin or blood test. What now? (PDF)
- I have TB Disease. What now? (PDF)
- Have you stopped taking your TB medication? (PDF)
- TB Control Program Billing for Health Care Providers (PDF)
- Evaluation and Treatment Following Exposure to an Individual with TB Disease Flowchart (PDF)
Federal CDC Resources
- Federal CDC Tuberculosis Guidelines
- XDR TB: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis . CDC Fact Sheet
- CDC Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care settings
- CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
- MMWR: Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection
- MMWR: Tuberculosis Outbreak in a Homeless Population - Portland, ME, 2002-2003
- Updated Guidelines for the Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
- CDC Guidelines for Testing and Diagnosing TB
