TB Patient Education

Fact Sheets, Regimens for LTBI Treatment and more...

Multi-language Resources

Fact sheets on the TB skin test, QuantiFERON test, latent TB infection, active TB disease, TB contact investigation, and instructions for collecting sputum are provided below in multiple languages. Some of these materials were adapted from the Minnesota Department of Health, TB Prevention and Control Program.

NOTE: All files are pdf format

QuantiFERON Test Fact Sheet

Available in English, Chuukese, Marshallese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese

Regimens for LTBI Treatment

Available in: Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic, Cantonese (Traditional Chinese), Mandarin (Simplified Chinese), Korean, Chuukese, Marshallese, Tagalog

Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Fact Sheet

Available in in English, Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Farsi, Indonesian, Karen, Korean, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tibetan, Vietnamese

Instructions for Collecting Sputum Fact Sheet

Available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Croatian, Hmong, Indonesian, Karen, Korean, Laotian, Nepali, Oromo, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tibetan, Vietnamese

The Department of Public Health for Madison & Dane County, Wisconsin, has created short videos about sputum collection techniques in 19 different languages.

Check out their site here. Free software may need to be downloaded to view the videos.

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The CDC's TB Education and Training Resources site allows you to search for patient education materials from a variety of sources.