Infection Control

Guidelines

• CDC Guidelines "Preventing Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings"
• Tuberculosis Screening for Oregon Hospitals: Summary of Key Points and Recommendations(pdf) summarizes the above 2005 CDC guidelines in terms of hospital settings
• Tuberculosis Screening for Long Term Care Facilities in Oregon: Summary of Key Points and Recommendations (pdf) summarizes the above 2005 CDC guidelines in terms of long term care settings

Fact Sheets

• CDC Fact Sheet on Infection Control in Health Care Settings (pdf)
• CDC Fact Sheet on Respiratory Protection in Health Care Settings (pdf)
• Curry Center Fact Sheet "Why Perform Two Step Testing?"(pdf)

Annual Risk Assessment

• Risk Assessment worksheet (pdf) (from CDC guidelines)
• Community Epi profile (pdf) 
• Curry Center Tuberculosis Infection Control Manual (pdf)
  • A Practical Manual for Preventing TB contains information, forms, signs, and user-friendly tools for clinics, hospitals, and homeless shelters.

Other Resources

• Oregon OSHA