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Tuberculosis

Info for Healthcare Providers

• Alerts & Hot Topics
• Disease Manuals & Guides
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Alerts & Hot Topics

• DHHS Memo: Isoniazid shortage update (April 26, 2023) (PDF)
• DHHS Memo: Resolution of TB Drug Shortages (May 22, 2020) (PDF)
• DHHS Memo: Tuberculin Shortage Resolution (December 2, 2019) (PDF)
• DHHS Memo: Tuberculin Shortage (July 11, 2019) (PDF)

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Manuals and Guides

• N.C. Tuberculosis Policy Manual
• N.C. Guidelines for the Use of Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) in TB Diagnosis (PDF, 261 KB)
• N.C. Communicable Disease Manual
• N.C. laws and rules:
  • Communicable disease control and reporting laws: G.S. Chapter 130A - Public Health, Article 6 - Communicable Diseases
  • Communicable disease control and reporting rules: 10A NCAC 41 Subchapter A, Sections .0101-.0907.
  • Rules specific to tuberculosis control: 10A NCAC 41A .0205
• DHHS patient education materials
  • Home Isolation Instructions (PDF - English 11KB, Spanish 18KB)
  • Information about Isoniazid (PDF - English 22KB, Spanish 23KB)
  • Information about Rifampin (PDF - English 24KB, Spanish 24KB)
  • Information about Rifapentine (PDF, 16KB)
  • Instructions for Collecting Sputum for TB (PDF - English 773KB, Spanish 754KB)
  • TB and You (PDF - English 68KB, Spanish 80KB)
  • You Could Have TB (PDF - English 23KB, Spanish 26KB)
  • Order DHHS TB Control Materials (DHHS 2407)
• CDC patient education brochure: 12-Dose Regimen for Latent TB Infection (PDF, 430KB)

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Forms

• DHHS:
  • Confidential Communicable Disease Report Form - DHHS 2124 (PDF) - Physicians and healthcare providers may use this form to notify the local health department of reportable communicable disease cases.
  • TB Register Card (DHHS 2245) (PDF, 193KB)
  • TB Drug Record (DHHS 1391) (PDF, 204KB / Revised May 2025)
  • TB Epidemiological Record (DHHS 1030) (PDF, 344KB / Revised May 2025)
  • TB Flow Sheet (DHHS 2810) (PDF, 235KB / Revised May 2025)
  • Nursing Record of TB Contacts (DHHS 1662) (PDF, 199KB / Revised May 2025)
  • Record of TB Screening (DHHS 3405) (PDF, 227KB / Revised May 2025)
  • SLPH Mycobacteriology Lab Requisition (DHHS 1247) - Specimens for isolation and identification of all Mycobacterium species (including Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and other nontuberculous mycobacteria) are accepted from public and private health care providers.
  • Order Form for TB Control Materials (DHHS 2407) (PDF, 172KB / Revised June 2017)
  • TB Biologicals Requisition and Inventory (DHHS 3093) (PDF, 643KB / Revised May 2025)
  • Report of Positive Smear (AFB) and/or Positive Culture of TB (DHHS 3005) (PDF, 362KB / Revised May 2025)
  • Individual Contact Form (DHHS 4097) (PDF, 147KB / Revised May 2025)
• Other:
  • University of Florida/Shands Infectious Disease Pharmokinetics Laboratory (IDPL): Instructions and Requisition for Therapeutic Drug Levels - IDPL requisition form, sample handling instructions and laboratory test catalog.
  • CDC: TB Publications and Ordering Information
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Request for and Authorization to Release Medical Records or Health Information (VA Form 10-5345 )

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Tools & Websites

• Tuberculosis report worksheet for Healthcare Providers (PDF, 102KB) - The N.C. Tuberculosis Control Program has developed this worksheet to help hospital infection control nurses and other healthcare providers organize and quickly reference the information they will need to provide the local health department when reporting a suspected or confirmed tuberculosis case.
• CDC: TB Publications and Ordering Information

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