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Tuberculosis: Information for Health Care Providers

Author: The Lung Association
Recommended citation: The Lung Association. Tuberculosis: Information for Health Care Providers. 2009. http://www.tbonline.info/media//media/uploads/documents/tuberculosis_information_or_health_care_providers-canada.pdf
Published: 2009

Description

The aim of this booklet is to provide guidelines for case management and referral to specialists; increase knowledge of the appropriate use and choice of preventative therapy for latent TB infection; and; increase understanding of the roles of family physicians, hospitals, TB clinics, public health, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and public health labs in providing optimal TB care. It contains basic information about TB and is intended to be a reference for health care providers.
Catalogue: Canada