Information for Health Care Professionals

For more information send us an email or phone 619-692-5565.
The County of San Diego TB Control Program offers the following classes, training and educational materials for health care professionals throughout the county.
Local Resources for Clinicians
- Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) Information for Physicians
- Testing and Treatment Recommendations for Individuals Exposed to Active TB Disease
- San Diego Tuberculosis Risk Assessment
Federal Resources for Clinicians
- Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs)
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TSTin3d.com (An online TB risk calculator)
One-page Clinic Fact Sheets for Patient Education
• TB Skin Test | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• Negative TB Skin Test | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• Positive TB Skin Test | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• TB Infection | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• TB Disease and Treatment | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• 3-Month Follow-up Skin Test | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• TB & HIV | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• TB & the BCG Vaccine | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• Home Isolation Program (HIP) | English | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese |
• The TST and your Immune System | English | Spanish | ||
• The TST Result and your Immune System | English | Spanish | ||
• Taking Care of your Arm after the TST | English | Spanish |
Brochures
• TB: Get the Facts | English | Spanish | Tagalog | |
• Treating TB Infection | English | Spanish | ||
• The Connection between TB and HIV | English | Spanish | ||
• TB Services | English | Spanish | ||
• "How did my child become infected with TB?" | English | Spanish | ||
• "I May Be Infected with the TB Germ" | English | Spanish | Tagalog | |
• TB & Queso Fresco | English | Spanish |
English/Spanish Fact Sheets
For more information send us an email or phone 619-692-5565.