The TB Treatment and Control Clinic is committed to providing free, cutting edge and relevant TB education to health care professionals, corrections personnel and the general public.

Our current projects include in-service training at correctional institutions and major local hospitals, student rotations at the clinic, regular educational conferences and educational films.

A clinic staff member will educate groups from five to 500 people free of charge. No CEUs or CMEs are available at this time.

For more information about scheduling an educational event, contact Jennifer Mendez-Lemuz at (702) 759-0748.

Online Courses

TB 101 for Health Care Workers

A web-based course designed to educate health care workers about basic concepts related to TB prevention and control in the United States. The target audience for the course includes newly hired TB program staff and health care workers in areas related to TB (such as individuals who work in correctional facilities or HIV/AIDS clinics).

The CDC is accredited to provide continuing education for various professions. Continuing Education (CE) is offered free of charge.

TB 101 is available at www.cdc.gov/tb/webcourses/tb101/default.htm.

Online Resources

• CDC – MMWR – Recommendations for Use of an Isoniazid-Rifapentine Regimen with Direct Observation to Treat Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
• CDC – MMWR – Plan to Combat Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Recommendations of the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force
• CDC – MMWR Weekly Trends in Tuberculosis – United States 2007
• CDC – MMWR – Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005
• CDC – MMWR – Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis & Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Test for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, United States
• CDC – MMWR Treatment of Tuberculosis – 2003
• Curry International Tuberculosis Center

Publications

• Technical Bulletin: Screening Pediatric Patients at Risk for Tuberculosis Disease
• Cellestis Responds to World Health Organization Guidance on Use of Blood Tests for Active Tuberculosis
• WHO Issued an Explicit “Negative” Policy Recommendation Against the Use of Commercial Serodiagnostic Tests for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis – July 2011
• Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Guide for Primary Health Care Providers PDF (706 KB)
• Nevada State Health Division Technical Bulletin – May 2011 PDF (134 KB)
• Nevada State Health Division Technical Bulletin – July 2010 PDF
• Nevada State Health Division Technical Bulletin – October 2009 PDF (140 KB)

TB Statistics

• Clark County Disease Statistics
• Nevada Tuberculosis Report 1999 – 2005 PDF (390 KB)

What’s New in TB 2012

The What’s New in TB 2012 presentation was held on March 19, 2012 at the Southern Nevada Health District to update our community partners about the status of tuberculosis in Clark County.

Program Presentations

• Tuberculosis and Pediatrics
  • Craig T. Nakamura, MD—Children’s Lung Specialists
  • Download the presentation PDF 203KB
• New Treatment Regimens for Latent TB Infection
  • John Middaugh, MD — Southern Nevada Health District
• Interferon-Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) testing
  • Laurie Hickstein, RN and Haley Blake—Southern Nevada Health District
  • Download the presentation PDF 1.3MB
• Pharmacy Reporting Laws
  • Christina Madison, PharmD
  • Download the presentation PDF 209KB
• Clark County TB Statistical Updates
  • Haley Blake and Sage Nagai, MPH—Southern Nevada Health District
  • Download the presentation PDF 1.3MB

Educational Videos

Youtube Video: On the Lake: Life & Love in a Distant Place