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1 GUIDELINES, STATEMENTS & STANDARDS ON TUBERCULOSIS [AS OF NOVEMBER 2004] PART I. GROUPED BY AGENCY/ORGANIZATION Agency/Organization Name of the Guide/Statement Available at World Health Organization 1 Combating Tuberculosis: Principles for Accelerating DOTS coverage [1999] 2 Toman s Tuberculosis: Case detection, treatment and monitoring, 2 nd Ed [2004] 3 An Expanded DOTS Framework for effective Tuberculosis Control [2002] df 4 TB/HIV Clinical Manual, 2 nd Ed [2004] 5 Guidelines for HIV surveillance among tuberculosis patients 2 nd Ed [2004] 6 Guidelines for surveillance of drug resistance in tuberculosis [2003] _320/surveillance_guidelinespdf.pdf 7 Treatment of Tuberculosis guidelines for national programmes - Third edition [2003] 7a Revised Chapter 4 from the: Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines for National Programmes. Third edition [2003] 8 A guide for Tuberculosis Treatment Supporters [2002] pdf 9 Guidelines for Workplace TB Control [2003] 10 Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World [2004] _report_exec.pdf 11 DOTS-Plus: preliminary results and emerging issues [2002] 12 Global Plan to Stop TB [2003] 1

2 obalplan_en.pdf 13 Public-Private Mix for DOTS: Practical tools to help implementation [2003] pdf 14 Involving Private Practitioners in Tuberculosis Control [2001] /PrivatePractitionnersWHO285.pdf 15 What is DOTS? - A guide to understanding the WHO-recommended TB control strategy known as OTS.pdf DOTS [1999] 16 Guidelines for the prevention of tuberculosis in health care facilities in resource-limited settings [1999] 17 Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): Basis for the development of an evidence-based casemanagement 0.pdf strategy for MDR-TB within the WHO's DOTS strategy [1999] 18 Tuberculosis handbook [1998] 8_253-en.pdf 19 Guidelines for conducting a review of a national tuberculosis programme [1998] pdf 20 Policy Statement on Preventive Therapy Against Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV [1998] bhivpolicy.pdf 21 A strategic framework to decrease the burden of TB/HIV [2002] hiv_2002_296_en.pdf 22 Interim policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities [2004] 23 TB control in refugee situations [1997] 24 Guidelines for the control of TB in prisons [1998] 25 Guidelines for the management of drug-resistant TB [1997] f 26 Tuberculosis Control: an Annotated Bibliography [2001] 27 European framework to decrease the burden of TB/HIV [2003] 28 European framework for tuberculosis control and elimination in countries with a low incidence [2002] ow=&hits=10&hits=10&resultformat=&fulltext=tuber culosis&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=

3 29 A guide to monitoring and evaluation for collaborative TB/HIV activities [2004] 30 Laboratory services in tuberculosis control: Part I: Organization and Management [1998] Laboratory services in tuberculosis control: Part II: Microscopy [1998] Laboratory services in tuberculosis control: Part III: Culture [1998] _15&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance &resourcetype=1&journalcode=erj Centers for Disease Control (CDC), USA 31 Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis, 4 th Ed [2000] CoreCurriculumonTB.pdf 32 Anergy Skin Testing and Preventive Therapy for HIV-Infected Persons: Revised Recommendations. [1997] 33 The Role of BCG Vaccine in the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the United States [1996] 34 Progressing Toward Tuberculosis Elimination in Low-Incidence Areas of the United States [2002] 35 Tuberculosis Elimination Revisited: Obstacles, Opportunities, and a Renewed Commitment [1999] 36 Essential Components of a Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program [1995] 37 Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis among Foreign-Born Persons [1998] 38 Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities [1996] 39 Screening for Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection in High-Risk Populations [1995] 40 Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis Among Homeless Persons [1992] 41 Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care [2003] m 3

4 m m American Thoracic Society 42 Guidelines for Preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities [1994] 43 National Action Plan to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis [1992] 44 Management of Persons Exposed to Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis [1992] 45 Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON -TB Test for Diagnosing Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection [2003] 46 Updated Guidelines for the Use of Rifamycins for the Treatment of Tuberculosis Among HIV-Infected Patients Taking Protease Inhibitors or Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors [2004] 47 Adverse Event Data and Revised American Thoracic Society/CDC Recommendations Against the Use of Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [2003] 48 Treatment of Tuberculosis. American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America [2002] 49 Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [1999] 50 Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children [1999] 51 Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria [1997] 52 Rapid Diagnostic Test for Tuberculosis: What is the Appropriate Use? [1997] 53 Institutional Control Measures for Tuberculosis in the Era of Multiple Drug Resistance [1995] 54 Treatment of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis 4

5 Infection in Adults & Children [1994] 55 Control of tuberculosis in the United States [1992] International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease 56 Management of Tuberculosis: a Guide for Low Income Countries [2000] 57 Technical Guide: Sputum Examination for Tuberculosis by Direct Microscopy in Low Income Countries [2000] 58 Interventions for Tuberculosis Control and Elimination [2002] nt_of_tb.pdf _guide.pdf ns.pdf 59 Tuberculosis A Manual for Medical Students [2003] pdf 60 A Tuberculosis Guide for Specialist Physicians - part 1 3 [2004] Epidemiologic Basis of Tuberculosis Control [1999] 62 The Public Health Service National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory and the National Laboratory Network [1998] 63 Tuberculosis Programs Review, Planning, Technical Support: A manual of methods and procedures [1998] gic_basis.pdf th_service.pdf ms.pdf European Respiratory Society 64 Tuberculosis management in Europe. Task Force of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) Europe Region [1999] Dept of Human Services, Victoria, Australia 5

6 65 Management, prevention and control of tuberculosis: Guidelines for health care providers de.pdf Canadian Lung Association, Canadian Thoracic Society & Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention, Health Canada 66 Canadian Tuberculosis Standards. 5 th Edition [2000] 67 Guidelines for the investigation and follow-up of individuals under medical surveillance for tuberculosis after arriving in Canada: a summary. [2003] EuroTB 68 EuroTB : European recommendations on TB surveillance: Surveillance of tuberculosis in Europe [1996] Standardisation of antituberculosis drug resistance surveillance in Europe Standardised tuberculosis treatment outcome in Europe htm Indian Academy of Paediatrics 69 Consensus Statement on Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis [2004] Global Health Council 70 Research Brief Preventing Tuberculosis in HIVinfected Persons [2004] 71 Evidence for Action: Lack of Evidence that Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) Improves Cure or Treatment Completion Rates in Patients with pdf 6

7 Tuberculosis [2001] New Zealand Ministry of Health 72 Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control in New Zealand [2003] 256C86006ED394/$File/TBControlGuidelines03.pdf 73 DOTS for tuberculosis [2001] d47d0/257b42d9ef210e62cc2569ec007cb62f/$FILE /DOTTBDoc.pdf British Thoracic Society 74 Control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: Code of Practice [2000] 75 Management of opportunist mycobacterial infections: Joint Tuberculosis Committee guidelines 1999 [2000] 76 Chemotherapy and management of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: recommendations [1998] Department of Health, UK 77 Stopping tuberculosis in England [2004] Georgia Division of Public Health 78 Tuberculosis Reference Guide [2001] Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 79 Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Tuberculosis [2000] / web.pdf Institute of Medicine, USA 80 Tuberculosis in the workplace [2001] 7

8 81 Ending Neglect: Elimination of tuberculosis in the US [2000] UMDNJ National TB Center 82 Management of latent tuberculosis infection in children [2004] 83 Guidelines for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection [2002] 84 Guidelines for Initiating a School-Based Directly Observed Therapy Program [2002] 85 Treating the Patient with Tuberculosis: Guidelines for Collaborating with Community Physicians [2003] f US Preventive Services Task Force 86 Screening for Tuberculosis Infection [1996] Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program, India 87 Technical Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control [2000] 88 Operational Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control [2000] 89 TB-HIV:A Guide for Health Worker 90 Consensus statement of management of Pediatric TB under RNTCP [2003] f%20management%20of%20paediatric%20tb%20under% 20RNTCP.pdf 91 NGO Guidelines 92 A guide for practicing physicians 93 A guide for medical officers Francis J Curry National TB Center, San Francisco 94 A Guideline for Establishing Effective Practices: Identifying Persons with Infectious TB in the Emergency Department [1999] gencyroomguidelines.pdf 8

9 95 Policy and Procedures for Tuberculosis Screening of Healthcare Workers [1999] 96 Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Key High- Risk Communities Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría. Comité Nacional de Neumonología y Comité Nacional de Infectología 97 Criterios de diagnóstico y tratamiento de la tuberculosis infantil / Diagnostic and therapeutic criteria for the management of tuberculosis in childhood [2002] eening.pdf fm?productid=wpt- 06%20B&subSec=Workplace%20Tools 9

10 PART II. GROUPED BY TOPICS Topic (area of focus) Name of the Guide/Statement Available at Epidemiology & Surveillance 1 Epidemiologic Basis of Tuberculosis Control [1999] 2 EuroTB : European recommendations on TB surveillance ogic_basis.pdf s.htm Case Detection & diagnosis 3 Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children [1999] 4 Rapid Diagnostic Test for Tuberculosis: What is the Appropriate Use? [1997] 5 Anergy Skin Testing and Preventive Therapy for HIV-Infected Persons: Revised Recommendations. [1997] 6 Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON - TB Test for Diagnosing Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection [2003] 7 Screening for Tuberculosis Infection [1996] 8 Guidelines for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection [2002] Treatment & monitoring 9 Treatment of Tuberculosis. American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America [2002] 10 Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [1999] m 10

11 11 Treatment of Tuberculosis guidelines for national programmes - Third edition [2003] df 12 Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria [1997] 13 Treatment of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection in Adults & Children [1994] 14 Treating the Patient with Tuberculosis: Guidelines for Collaborating with Community Physicians [2003] 15 A guide for Tuberculosis Treatment Supporters [2002] 0.pdf 16 Tuberculosis handbook [1998] 98_253-en.pdf 17 Adverse Event Data and Revised American Thoracic Society/CDC Recommendations Against the Use of Rifampin and Pyrazinamide for Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [2003] 18 Management of opportunist mycobacterial infections: Joint Tuberculosis Committee guidelines 1999 [2000] 19 Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Tuberculosis [2000] 3/000549/ web.pdf 20 Tuberculosis management in Europe. Task Force of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) Europe Region. [1999] 21 Chemotherapy and management of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: recommendations [1998] DOTS 11

12 22 What is DOTS? - A guide to understanding the WHO-recommended TB control strategy known as DOTS [1999] 23 Combating Tuberculosis: Principles for Accelerating DOTS coverage [1999] 24 An Expanded DOTS Framework for effective Tuberculosis Control [2002] 25 Public-Private Mix for DOTS: Practical tools to help implementation [2003] OTS.pdf pdf 5.pdf 26 DOTS for tuberculosis [2001] d47d0/257b42d9ef210e62cc2569ec007cb62f/$FI LE/DOTTBDoc.pdf 27 Guidelines for Initiating a School-Based Directly Observed Therapy Program [2002] 28 Evidence for Action: Lack of Evidence that Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) Improves Cure or Treatment Completion Rates in Patients with Tuberculosis [2001] Prevention and control 29 Control of tuberculosis in the United States [1992] 30 Tuberculosis Control: an Annotated Bibliography [2001] 31 Toman s Tuberculosis: Case detection, treatment and monitoring [2004] f 32 Global Plan to Stop TB [2003] globalplan_en.pdf 33 Involving Private Practitioners in Tuberculosis Control [2001] F/PrivatePractitionnersWHO285.pdf 34 Guidelines for conducting a review of a national tuberculosis programme [1998] 0.pdf 35 European framework to decrease the burden of TB/HIV [2003] 12

13 38 The Role of BCG Vaccine in the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the United States [1996] 39 Progressing Toward Tuberculosis Elimination in Low-Incidence Areas of the United States [2002] 40 Tuberculosis Elimination Revisited: Obstacles, Opportunities, and a Renewed Commitment [1999] 41 Essential Components of a Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program [1995] 42 Management of Tuberculosis: a Guide for Low Income Countries [2000] 43 Interventions for Tuberculosis Control and Elimination [2002] 44 Tuberculosis Programs Review, Planning, Technical Support: A manual of methods and procedures [1998] 45 Tuberculosis A Manual for Medical Students [2003] 46 A Tuberculosis Guide for Specialist Physicians - part 1 3 [2004] 47 Management, prevention and control of tuberculosis: Guidelines for health care providers Canadian Tuberculosis Standards. 5 th Edition [2000] CoreCurriculumonTB.pdf ent_of_tb.pdf ons.pdf ms.pdf uide.pdf 36 European framework for tuberculosis control and elimination in countries with a low incidence [2002] how=&hits=10&hits=10&resultformat=&fulltext=tu berculosis&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid= _15&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relev ance&resourcetype=1&journalcode=erj 37 Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis [2000] Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control in New 13

14 Zealand [2003] C256C86006ED394/$File/TBControlGuidelines03.pdf 50 Control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: Code of Practice 2000 [2000] 51 Stopping tuberculosis in England [2004] f 52 Tuberculosis Reference Guide [2001] 53 Ending Neglect: Elimination of tuberculosis in the US [2000] 54 Technical Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control [2000] 55 Operational Guidelines for Tuberculosis Control [2000] 56 NGO Guidelines 57 A guide for practicing physicians 58 A guide for medical officers Special groups and vulnerable populations (homeless, refugees, prisoners, etc.) 59 TB control in refugee situations [1997] 60 Guidelines for the control of TB in prisons [1998] 61 Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis among Foreign- Born Persons [1998] 62 Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities [1996] 63 Screening for Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection in High-Risk Populations [1995] 64 Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis Among Homeless Persons [1992] m 65 Guidelines for the investigation and followup of individuals under medical surveillance 14

15 for tuberculosis after arriving in Canada: a summary [2003] Health care workers & nosocomial, occupational transmission 66 Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care [2003] 67 Guidelines for Preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health- Care Facilities [1994] 68 Guidelines for the prevention of tuberculosis in health care facilities in resource-limited settings [1999] pdf 69 Tuberculosis in the workplace [2001] 70 Policy and Procedures for Tuberculosis Screening of Healthcare Workers [1999] reening.pdf 71 Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Key High-Risk Communities 06%20B&subSec=Workplace%20Tools 72 Guidelines for Workplace TB Control [2003] 73 A Guideline for Establishing Effective Practices: Identifying Persons with Infectious TB in the Emergency Department [1999] 74 Institutional Control Measures for Tuberculosis in the Era of Multiple Drug Resistance [1995] Childhood Tuberculosis f rgencyroomguidelines.pdf 75 Management of latent tuberculosis infection in children [2004] 76 Consensus statement of management of Pediatric TB under RNTCP [2003] df 0of%20management%20of%20Paediatric%20TB%20und 15

16 77 Criterios de diagnóstico y tratamiento de la tuberculosis infantil / Diagnostic and therapeutic criteria for the management of tuberculosis in childhood [2002] 78 Consensus Statement on Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis. [2004] er%20rntcp.pdf TB & HIV 79 A guide to monitoring and evaluation for collaborative TB/HIV activities [2004] 2.pdf 80 TB/HIV Clinical Manual, 2 nd Ed [2004] f 81 A strategic framework to decrease the burden of TB/HIV [2002] _hiv_2002_296_en.pdf 82 Interim policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities [2004] 0.pdf 83 Research Brief Preventing Tuberculosis in HIV-infected Persons [2004] ef.pdf 84 TB-HIV:A Guide for Health Worker 85 Guidelines for HIV surveillance among tuberculosis patients Second edition [2004] 86 Policy Statement on Preventive Therapy Against Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV [1998] 87 Updated Guidelines for the Use of Rifamycins for the Treatment of Tuberculosis Among HIV-Infected Patients Taking Protease Inhibitors or Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors [2004] MDR-TB 9.pdf /tbhivpolicy.pdf 16

17 88 Guidelines for surveillance of drug resistance in tuberculosis [2003] 89 Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World [2004] 90 National Action Plan to Combat Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis [1992] 91 Management of Persons Exposed to Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis [1992] 92 Guidelines for the management of drugresistant TB [1997] 93 Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): Basis for the development of an evidencebased case-management strategy for MDR- TB within the WHO's DOTS strategy [1999] 94 DOTS-Plus: preliminary results and emerging issues [2002] 3_320/surveillance_guidelinespdf.pdf s_report_exec.pdf m m df 60.pdf Laboratory services 95 Technical Guide: Sputum Examination for Tuberculosis by Direct Microscopy in Low Income Countries [2000] 96 Laboratory services in tuberculosis control: Part I: Organization and Management [1998] Laboratory services in tuberculosis control: Part II: Microscopy [1998] Laboratory services in tuberculosis control: Part III: Culture [1998] 97 The Public Health Service National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory and the National Laboratory Network py_guide.pdf alth_service.pdf 17

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