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Webinar: TB/HIV in Corrections: A Time Bomb Awaits!

Primary Care & Comorbidities, Webcast

Objectives

  • Describe the prevalence of HIV and TB both globally and in corrections to apply to correctional facility epidemiology
  • List inmates’ risk factors for TB/HIV to inform the initiation and completion of treatment for LBTI
  • Recognize and implement treatment for incarcerated patients suspected of having TB and HIV to halt the spread of the disease
  • Discuss the need for continuity of care in high-priority patients suspected of having active or latent TB and HIV to ensure completion of treatment

Presentation

Slides

Facilitated by Ellen R. Murray, PhD, BSN, RN
Nurse Consultant/Training Specialist
Southeastern National TB Center
August 14, 2019

Objectives

  • Describe the prevalence of HIV and TB both globally and in corrections to apply to correctional facility epidemiology
  • List inmates’ risk factors for TB/HIV to inform the initiation and completion of treatment for LBTI
  • Recognize and implement treatment for incarcerated patients suspected of having TB and HIV to halt the spread of the disease
  • Discuss the need for continuity of care in high-priority patients suspected of having active or latent TB and HIV to ensure completion of treatment

Presentation

Slides

Facilitated by Ellen R. Murray, PhD, BSN, RN
Nurse Consultant/Training Specialist
Southeastern National TB Center
August 14, 2019

Objectives

  • Describe the prevalence of HIV and TB both globally and in corrections to apply to correctional facility epidemiology
  • List inmates’ risk factors for TB/HIV to inform the initiation and completion of treatment for LBTI
  • Recognize and implement treatment for incarcerated patients suspected of having TB and HIV to halt the spread of the disease
  • Discuss the need for continuity of care in high-priority patients suspected of having active or latent TB and HIV to ensure completion of treatment

Presentation

Slides