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Correctional Issues
(Educational
Resources)
TB Training and Education Resource
Guide 2004-2005
(pdf 724.92kb)
from Francis J Curry
National TB Center and National Commission on Correctional Health Care, 2003
(pdf-21 pages)
Website
Resource Listing
(doc
50.00kb) (Health, safety, infectious diseases and
corrections)
 (pdf 40.53kb)
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About Tuberculosis Precautions for Law
Enforcement, Correctional, Parole and Probation Employees
(Channing L. Bete Co.
Booklet)
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Gives staff a better understanding of TB, its symptoms, and how it's spread,
thus empowering them to protect themselves from infection. Advocates
reporting signs of TB disease, following proper infection-control
procedures, and cooperating with medical staff. Includes a self-test
readers can complete, sign, date, and hand in to verify they've received the
information.
(pdf 40.53kb) |
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TB Control in Prisons and Jails
(DVD)
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Audience:
Staff working in and with correctional facilities
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Length: 20 minutes
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Producer: NY State Heath Dept
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Description: Prison setting-team effort of
inmates, officers and medical staff to control TB in the facility. Officer
Williams investigates Inmate Johnsons illness and refers to him medical.
Inmate Johnston is diagnosed with active TB disease. The story follows his
isolation, medical evaluation, treatment, respiratory precautions, contact
investigation, inmate and staff PPD testing and follow-up testing, discharge
planning, employee training and directly observed therapy. The story also
emphasizes the need for cooperation between administration, medical and
classification. Prison, jail and county health department staff will all
benefit from viewing this video.
(pdf 40.53kb) |
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Nurse Lucretia Goes to Jail:
(DVD)
Collaboration between Health Dept/Jail in doing a TB Contact Investigation
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Audience:
Health Dept/correctional staff
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Length:
17:30 minutes
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Producer:
FL
Bureau of TB & Refugee Health
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Description:
Comedy skit involving female inmate who has TB, jail nurse, county
health dept nurse and the deputy collaborate to conduct a contact
investigation. Issues addressed
include difficulties in obtaining contact information, providing education
on transmission and infectiousness, medication regime, food-medicine
interactions, DOT, length of treatment, specimen collection, and negative
pressure rooms.
The follow-up plan for TB skin testing of staff and inmates is developed
along with needed contact investigations into the community and continuity
of care when the inmate is released. A hoot video with overacting and high
jinks. Contact investigation
should be this much fun.
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