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TB Information for Health Professionals

  • For Health Professionals Home
  • Reporting TB
  • Screening
  • Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
  • Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB
  • Active TB Disease
  • Refugee and Immigrant TB Class Arrivals
  • Training for Health Care Professionals

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TB Information for Health Professionals

  • For Health Professionals Home
  • Reporting TB
  • Screening
  • Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
  • Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB
  • Active TB Disease
  • Refugee and Immigrant TB Class Arrivals
  • Training for Health Care Professionals

Related Sites

  • TB Home
  • STD/HIV/TB Data and Presentation Request
Contact Info
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Contact Info

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

TB Information for Health Professionals

  • Reporting TB Disease
    Requirements and procedures for clinicians, hospitals, laboratories, and others to report confirmed or suspected cases of TB disease to MDH.
     
  • TB Screening
    Information on tuberculin skin tests (TST) and TB blood tests. 
     
  • Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
    Testing, treatment and medication for latent TB infection.
     
  • Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis
    MDH screening and treatment recommendations for persons exposed to MDR TB and monitoring tool for patients receiving MDR LTBI treatment.
     
  • Active TB Disease
    Diagnosis and treatment information for individuals with active TB disease. 
     
  • Newcomer TB Guidance for Health Professionals (PDF)
    This provider guide contains MDH TB screening recommendations for patients who are newcomers without official immigration status. 
     
  • Refugee and Immigrant TB Class Arrivals
    All immigrants and refugees are required to have a medical examination before entering the United States. Those with TB-related findings that need medical follow-up after arrival in the U.S. are given a TB class designation and MDH is notified.
     
  • TB Training for Health Care Professionals 
     
  • TB Basics
    Fact sheets (including translations), posters, videos and other resources on tuberculosis (TB) prevention, control, and elimination. 
     
  • Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
    Comprehensive discussion of practical approaches to controlling TB in the United States.
     
  • HIV and TB: A Fact Sheet for HIV Care Providers in Minnesota
    HIV is the most powerful known risk factor for the development of active TB disease. People living with HIV are 20-30 times more likely to develop active TB than those without HIV.
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Last Updated: 05/30/2024

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