Tuberculosis Program

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial disease primarily of the lungs. It is airborne and spreads when someone with active TB disease coughs, laughs or sings.

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Guidelines and Forms

• TB Case Reporting in Orpheus
  
• TB Guidelines
• Contact Investigation Forms
• Treatment of LTBI Forms
• Transfer Forms (Case, Contact, LTBI, B-waiver)
• Reimbursement Forms

Webinars

• Latent Tuberculosis Infection Webinar 2023 (YouTube) - World TB Day Webinar, 2023
  
• Review of TB Screening Requirements for Healthcare Practitioners and Healthcare Facilities (YouTube) - 2023
  
• New Short Course Regimens in TB and Updates in  Extrapulmonary TB Disease Webinar (YouTube) - 2021
  
• TB Tips & Tricks: OSPHL TB Lab Result Views (YouTube) - 2018
• TB Testing at the Oregon State Public Health Lab (YouTube) - 2018
• The Diagnosis and Treatment of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (YouTube) - World TB Day Webinar, 2017 

• TB Basics
• Epidemiology of TB in Oregon
• Tools for Local Public Health Authorities
• TB Program Forms
• TB Patient Education
• Resources for Health Care Professionals
• TB and Infection Control
• TB Rules and Statutes
• TB Resources on the Internet
• Contact Us

About the TB Program

The TB Program works with local health departments and private medical providers to:

1) identify and treat TB disease;

2) identify, evaluate, and treat newly infected contacts to infectious TB cases;

3) screen high-risk populations for TB infection.

The TB Program provides lab testing, technical assistance, TB medications and analysis of surveillance data to assist with accomplishing these goals.

Read the TB Program Fact Sheet (pdf)  to learn more about TB and what the TB Program is doing to control the rate of tuberculosis disease in Oregon.