Pre-registration required

July 15, 2009

1:45pm - 4:45pm

Conducted by: Heartland National TB Center; a CDC Regional Training and Medical Consultation Center for Tuberculosis

Faculty: Lynelle Phillips, BSN, RN, MPH; Nurse Consultant, Heartland National TB Center; Adjunct Faculty, Nursing and Masters Public Health Program, University of Missouri

Heartland National TB Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Heartland National TB Center provides up to 2.75 nursing continuing education contact hours for successful completion of this education activity.

Workshop OBJECTIVES Include

• Describe the epidemiology of TB in Texas
• Identify modes of transmission of TB
• Discuss the diagnosis and treatment of latent TB infection and TB disease
• Identify effective infection control measures
• Describe the use and interpretation of the tuberculin skin test