TB: For health care professionals

Tools and procedures for providers who care for patients with TB disease (active TB) or TB infection (latent TB or LTBI).

 Report a case of TB

Screening

• TB screening for health care personnel.
• Tuberculosis Screening and Surveillance Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities
• Colorado Adult Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Form.
  • Colorado Adult Tuberculosis Risk Assessment User Guide.
• Colorado Pediatric Risk Assessment​
  • ​Colorado Pediatric Risk Assessment User Guide
• ​Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-ALPHA) antagonists and the increased risk for tuberculosis.

Testing

Where to get tested

• Patients who live outside the Denver metro area can contact their local public health agency.
• Patients who live in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson or Douglas counties, can contact:
  • Denver Metro TB Clinic
    303-602-7240
    605 Bannock St., 1st floor
    Denver, CO 80204

Types of testing

• Tuberculin skin testing.
• Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs): Blood tests.
• TST Scope of Practice Guidelines.

Treatment

TB infection

• TB infection (LTBI) diagnosis.
• LTBI treatment guide for providers.
• NTCA Testing and Treatment Guidelines for TB Infection
• TB infection (LTBI) treatment regimens.
• NTCA Provider Guidance: Using the Isoniazid/Rifapentine Regimen to Treat Latent Tuberculosis infection (LTBI)
• 12-Dose Regimen for Latent TB Infection-Patient Education Brochure

TB disease

• Tuberculosis drug information guides.
• Drug-resistant tuberculosis.
• Treatment of Drug-Susceptible TB.
• Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children.
• GeneXpert Airborne Isolation Guidance.

Other facilities

• TB reporting in schools.

• Training and references

• Contact