Tuberculosis Awareness for Healthcare Workers (Online CEU Course)
Aileen Hyde, MS, MT(ASCP)
OSHA Tuberculosis covers background information about spread of TB, PPD testing procedures, CDC guidelines, and methods of control. Appropriate for annual laboratory compliance training and for clinical laboratory science students prior to clinical rotations.
Continuing Education Credits
Objectives
- Tell how tuberculosis (TB) is spread.
- Describe some symptoms that are associated with TB.
- Describe TB testing procedures.
- Relate specific guidelines and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) risk categories.
- Identify methods of TB control.
Course Outline
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- Introduction
- Facts
- Testing
- LTBI Testing Introduction
- Tuberculin Skin Test (TST)
- Records and Results
- TST Interpretation and Classification
- False Positive TST reactions
- TST False Negative Reactions
- Two Step Skin Testing
- Blood Assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (BAMT)
- The two step TST has no false positive reactions due to infection with nontuberculosis mycobacteria or BCG vaccination.
- CDC Guidelines
- CDC Guidelines
- CDC Risk Categories
- Tuberculosis Exposure Control Plan
- Health Care Worker Tuberculosis Screening
- Procedures with Increased TB Risk
- Match the recommended frequency for TB screening of a healthcare worker with the risk category of the healthcare setting from the drop-down box:
- Methods of Control
- Fundamentals of TB infection control
- Three levels of TB Infection Control
- TB Infection Control in the Laboratory
- Biosafety Levels
- Biosafety Level 3
- Which of the following secondary barriers are recommended for microbiology laboratories that work with Biosafety level 3 agents (e.g., Mycobacterium t...
- Respiratory Protective Equipment
- Airborne Infection Isolation Room Practices
- Transporting TB Patients
- Protect Yourself
- References
Additional Information
Level of Instruction: Basic.
Intended Audience: All clinical laboratory personnel.
Author credentials: Aileen Hyde, MS, MT(ASCP) is a free-lance science writer in the Atlanta, GA area. She has a particular interest in prevention of infectious disease after working in research and quality management positions in the biotechnology industry. She has a bachelor's degree in Medical Technology from Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, TN, and a master's degree in Physiology from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA.
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