Bureau of Tuberculosis Control

Information for Health Care Providers

Page Contents

• Reporting
• General Information
• Forms
• Treatment Guidelines
• Medical Fact Sheets
• Press Releases and Health Alerts

Reporting

• Reporting Requirements for Tuberculosis Fact Sheet (PDF)
  
  
• Universal Reporting Form (PDF)
  
  
• Hospital Discharge Approval Request Form (TB 354) (PDF) NEW
  
  

General Information

• No Repeat Chest X-Ray Letter (TB 118 - updated 8/2011) (PDF)
  
  
• Updated Guidelines for Using Interferon Gamma Release Assays to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection --- United States, 2010 
  
  
• Data Requests Protocol (PDF)
  
  
• How to Handle Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis (PDF)
  
  
• Sputum Collection Instructions (English (PDF) [Spanish]
  
  
  

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Forms

• Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) Referral Form (PDF)
  
  
• Laboratory Report Form (TB 159) (PDF)
  
  
• Mycobacteriology Request Form (TN 50) (PDF)
  
  
• Report of Patient Services (TB 65) (PDF)
  
  
• Reporting Form for Latent TB Infection Treatment (TB 78) (PDF)
  
  

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Treatment Guidelines

• City Health Information: Testing and Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (April 2006) (PDF)
  
  
• Antiretroviral Drug Use with Rifampin and Rifabutin Card (November 2005) (PDF)
  
  
• Antiretroviral Drugs and the Treatment of Tuberculosis (Revised February 2007) (PDF)
  
  
• City Health Information: Tuberculosis Treatment (December 2003) (PDF)
  
  
• Hospitalization and Community Discharge protocol (Revised March 2007) (PDF)
  
  
• Rifapentine for TB Treatment (Dear Colleague Letter - March 2003) (PDF)
  
  
• Rifapentine for the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Chest Centers (Revised: December, 2003) (PDF)
  
  
• Rifapentine Patient Facts (PDF)
  
  
• Tuberculosis& Pregnancy
  
  

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Medical Fact Sheets

• Aminosalicylic Acid (PAS) Granules for TB Treatment
  
  
• Chest Radiograph following a Positive Tuberculin Skin Test
  
  
• Commissioner's Orders for Adherence to Anti-TB Treatment
  
  
• Completion of Treatment for Tuberculosis
  
  
• Culture-Negative Tuberculosis
  
  
• Directly Observed Therapy
  
  
• Evaluation and Follow-up of Contacts of Persons with TB
  
  
• False-Positive Cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  
  
• Fluoroquinolone Resistance and TB Treatment
  
  
• Identifying and Treating "Old Tuberculosis"
  
  
• Importance of Rifampin
  
  
• M. bovis
  
  
• Monitoring Sputum during TB Treatment
  
  
• Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
  
  
• Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis
  
  
• Rifater® and Rifamate® in the Treatment of TB
  
  
• Tuberculosis Control Partnership in New York City
  
  
• Tuberculosis Surveillance of Health Care Workers: Tuberculin Skin Testing
  
  

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Press Releases and Health Alerts

• 2007 Health Alert # 3:Recent Transmission of Isoniazid (INH) resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Harlem and South Bronx (PDF)
  
  
• 2005 Health Alert # 45: Cluster of Strain W multidrug resistant tuberculosis among homeless HIV-infected individuals (December 5, 2005) (PDF)
  
  
• NYC Health Dept. Warns Against Consumption of Some Imported Mexican Cheeses (March 15, 2005)
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