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- Substance misuse and TB: Guidance for those affected
Advice about TB, including symptoms, testing, and treatment options in the UK, written in plain English.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Substance misuse and TB: Guidance for key workers
Advice about TB for key workers in the UK (care workers, social workers, project workers and health professionals) including symptoms, referral pathway for clients, and advice about direct observed therapy (DOT) treatment options, written in plain English.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Substance misuse and TB: Guidance for families affected
Advice about TB for family members of the patient, including symptoms, testing, and treatment options in the UK, written in plain English.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- TB & homelessness: Guidance for homeless service managers
This A5 leaflet provides information for Managers of hostels for the homeless, where the incidence of tuberculosis is high: symptoms, referral pathway, and supporting clients receiving treatment.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- TB & homelessness: Guidance for homeless sector staff
This A5 leaflet provides information for staff of hostels for the homeless, where the incidence of tuberculosis is high: symptoms, referral pathway, and supporting clients receiving treatment.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Tuberculosis (TB): Guidance for prison officials
This resource is for non-clinical prison staff who are providing care for individuals in prisons. It aims to raise awareness of TB. The resources provide information about symptoms of TB, testing, treating and supporting the individuals who have been diagnosed with the disease in prisons.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Information about TB for people in prisons
This cartoon leaflet is for distribution to all prisoners during healthcare reception. This leaflet contains general information on TB including the symptoms, treatment and possible sources of infection.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Got TB? Read this!
This cartoon leaflet contains relevant information regarding treatment and management of TB for prisoners diagnosed with TB.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Tuberculosis (TB): guidance for staff working with people seeking asylum
Asylum seekers often arrive in the UK from countries in which the incidence of TB is high. Also, they may have been exposed to TB in overcrowded living conditions. They represent a vulnerable group for TB, so staff working in Induction Centres and dispersed accommodation must be aware of tuberculosis, its recognition and treatment services.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Pregnancy and tuberculosis: Patient and public information sheet
This information sheet is for pregnant women who either have TB or have been in contact with TB patients and their families.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Pregnancy and tuberculosis: Guidance for clinicians
This information sheet is for professionals treating/advising pregnant women who have had contact with a person with infectious TB.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Tuberculosis and children: a guide for all of those who work with children
This resource raises awareness and knowledge among health professionals, particularly those without specialist paediatric training. The NKS leaflet is also for parents, carers and staff of institutions such as schools/nurseries and community childcare units.
Added/updated: 23 February 2010
- Tuberculosis in the UK: Annual report on tuberculosis surveillance in the UK 2009
Tuberculosis in the UK for the calendar year 2008
Added/updated: 8 January 2010
- Tuberculosis in the UK: Annual report on tuberculosis surveillance in the UK 2008
Tuberculosis in the UK for the calendar year 2007
Added/updated: 8 January 2010
- Tuberculosis in the UK. Annual report on tuberculosis surveillance and control in the UK 2007
Tuberculosis in the UK is the first UK-wide annual report on tuberculosis. This report is intended to be an easily accessible summary of the occurrence of tuberculosis in the UK, for the public and professionals alike, and to highlight the challenges ahead.
Added/updated: 8 January 2010
- Focus on Tuberculosis: Annual surveillance report - England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2006
Focus on Tuberculosis is the first annual surveillance report that brings together surveillance information on the occurrence of tuberculosis in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from multiple sources.
Added/updated: 8 January 2010