TB Contact Investigation 101
Little Rock, AR
September 6-7, 2017
Freeway Medical Tower
5800 10th St.
Room 801
Sponsored by:
Heartland National TB Center
&
Arkansas Department of Health
FACULTY
Stepheni A. Appleby, RN
Arkansas Department of Health
D. Jan Dougan, RN
Arkansas Department of Health
Tabitha Gibbs, RN
Arkansas Department of Health
Marsha Majors, RN, BSN
Arkansas Department of Health
Leonard Mukasa, PhD
Arkansas Department of Health
Jessica Quintero, M.Ed.
Heartland National TB Center
Delphina Sánchez, MA
Heartland National TB Center
Additional Faculty to be announced
OUR VISION
The vision of Heartland National TB Center is to provide excellence, expertise, and innovation in training, medical consultation, and product development to reduce the impact of tuberculosis in our region.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Heartland National TB Center is to build capacity with our partners. We will share expertise in the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis by: developing and implementing cuttngedge trainings, delivering expert medical consultation, providing technical assistance, and designing innovative educational and consultative products.
NO commercial support was given to Heartland National TB Center or UT Health Northeast for this educational program.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 11.5 contact hours.
For more information, please contact:
LEAD EDUCATOR
Delphina Sanchez
delphina.sanchez@uthct.edu
210-531-4528
AGENDA
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
8:008:15 AM Registration
8:15-8:30 AM Welcome & Introductions
8:30-9:15 AM Overview of Contact Investigation Guidelines
9:15-10:00 AM Initiating and Prioritizing Contact Investigations
10:0010:15 AM Break
10:15-11:00 AM Initiating and Prioritizing Contact Investigations: Skill Building Exercise
11:00-12:00 PM Assigning Priorities to Contacts
12:001:00 PM Lunch
1:00-1:45 PM Assigning Priorities to Contacts: Skill Building Exercise
1:45-2:15 PM Field Safety
2:15-3:15 PM Investigating in Special Settngs
3:153:30 PM Break
3:30-4:00 PM Detecting and Handing a TB Outbreak
4:00-5:00 PM TB Outbreak Response; Panel Discussion
5:00 PM Adjourn
Thursday, September 7, 2017
9:159:30 AM SignIn
9:30-10:30 AM Essential Interviewing Skills for TB Contact Investigation
10:3010:45 AM Break
10:45-12:00 PM Essential Interviewing Skills for TB Contact Investigation: Skill Building Exercise
12:001:00 PM Lunch
1:00-2:00 PM Diagnosis and Medical Management of TB Infection
2:00-2:45 PM Managing Non-Adherent Contacts and Patients
2:453:00 PM Break
3:00-3:30 PM TB Contact Investigation Jeopardy
3:303:45 PM Q &A, Evaluation, and Adjourn
*Times and topics subject to change
Target Audience
This course is intended for registered nurses and other local health department workers who are tasked with conducting TB contact investigations.
Conference Goal
The goal of this course is to provide information and education about contact investigation as a TB elimination strategy. It will emphasize the importance of contact investigation as a primary means of TB prevention. Identification of active TB disease by case finding, testing and treatment of contacts, and screening and treating high risk contacts for TB infection will be discussed.
Conference Objectives
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to: describe the current CDC contact investigation guidelines, conduct an effective TB interview, initiate and prioritize contact investigations and contacts within an investigation, list the elements of field worker safety, discuss directly observed therapy and its role in the treatment of TB infection, discuss the proper course for handling an investigation, identify the skills necessary to interview contacts, discuss the management of TB infection patients, discuss strategies for improving the treatment completion rate for non- adherent contacts, describe the steps involved in a TB contact investigation in a special settng, and effectively assess the completeness of a contact investigation.
Format
The format for this conference will include lecture presentation with case scenario analysis and skill building exercises with audience discussion and participation. There will be ample time for questions and answers.