Course Overview

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant occupational health concern for healthcare workers who face substantially higher infection risk compared to the general population. Healthcare personnel working in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, correctional healthcare, homeless shelters, and laboratories encounter TB patients during diagnosis, treatment, and isolation procedures. Despite significant declines in TB incidence in the United States, healthcare workers continue to experience occupational transmission, particularly in settings with delayed TB diagnosis, inadequate infection control measures, or exposure to multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). The risk is especially high in emergency departments where TB diagnosis may not be immediately apparent and in pulmonary procedure areas where aerosol-generating procedures increase transmission potential.

This course educates healthcare personnel about the risks, transmission, testing, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis to increase safety in hospitals and other medical facilities. Employees learn CDC-recommended infection control practices including administrative controls, environmental controls, and personal protective equipment requirements, along with proper procedures for TB screening, diagnosis, isolation, and treatment monitoring.

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What You’ll Learn

Upon completing this course, your employees will be able to:

✓ Define tuberculosis and list common signs and symptoms of active TB disease

✓ Differentiate between TB infection and TB disease and understand progression from latent to active TB

✓ Understand transmission routes and how TB bacteria spread through airborne droplet nuclei

✓ Apply PPE requirements including proper use of N95 respirators in TB isolation rooms

✓ Follow isolation procedures for suspected and confirmed TB patients

✓ Describe testing procedures including TST and IGRA testing for TB infection

✓ Explain treatment protocols and importance of completing full treatment regimens

Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction and Objectives

Scope of tuberculosis in healthcare settings, occupational transmission risk for healthcare workers, CDC infection control guidelines, historical context of TB resurgence in healthcare facilities, course objectives, and importance of comprehensive TB control programs

Lesson 2: Definition, Symptoms and Types

Definition of tuberculosis, primary infection site in lungs, extrapulmonary TB, latent TB infection (LTBI) vs. active TB disease, signs and symptoms of active TB, high-risk populations

Lesson 3: Transmission

Airborne transmission through droplet nuclei, generation during coughing, sneezing, speaking, or singing, ability of droplet nuclei to remain suspended in air for hours, inhalation and deposition in alveoli, factors affecting transmission risk, procedures that increase transmission risk

Lesson 4: Testing and Diagnosis

Tuberculin skin test procedure, interpretation of induration measurements, interferon-gamma release assays, advantages of IGRAs over TST, chest X-ray for evaluation of active disease, sputum smear microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), sputum culture as gold standard for diagnosis, nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for rapid diagnosis, drug susceptibility testing for treatment planning

Lesson 5: Treatment

Treatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) to prevent progression, treatment of active TB disease, directly observed therapy (DOT) to ensure adherence, importance of completing full treatment course, management of drug-resistant TB, monitoring for adverse drug effects, contact investigation procedures

Lesson 6: Prevention

Hierarchy of TB infection control measures, administrative controls, environmental controls, respiratory protection, source control, employee TB screening programs, contact investigation protocols

Who This Course Is For

🏥 Emergency Department Staff

ED personnel who encounter undiagnosed TB patients

🫁 Pulmonary and Infectious Disease

Physicians and nurses caring for TB patients

🧪 Laboratory Personnel

Lab staff handling TB specimens and cultures

🔬 Bronchoscopy and Procedures

Staff performing aerosol-generating procedures

🏚️ Long-Term Care Facilities

Nursing home staff caring for high-risk populations

👥 All Healthcare Workers

Anyone with potential TB exposure in healthcare settings

Certificate & Compliance

Upon successful completion, learners receive an official certificate of completion documenting their TB protection training for OSHA compliance records, facility infection control programs, and state TB control requirements.

The course includes assessments that verify understanding of TB transmission, testing procedures, isolation protocols, PPE requirements, and prevention strategies. Certificates are generated immediately and can be downloaded or printed for employee files and compliance documentation.

Supports Compliance With:

  • CDC Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Healthcare Settings
  • OSHA General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1))
  • OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134)
  • State TB control programs and regulations
  • Joint Commission infection prevention standards
  • CMS Conditions of Participation
  • NIOSH TB exposure control recommendations

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Monitor completion rates, track progress, and generate compliance reports. Maintain detailed records for audits and regulatory requirements.

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PROTECT YOUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS FROM TB EXPOSURE

Give Your Team the Knowledge to Prevent Tuberculosis Transmission

Healthcare workers face elevated TB infection risk—but occupational transmission is preventable with proper training on early identification, isolation procedures, and respiratory protection. Ensure CDC guideline compliance and protect your staff with comprehensive TB protection training.

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