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TB Notes Newsletter
No. 3, 2007
HIGHLIGHTS FROM STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS
Georgia Statewide TB Training
Georgia held its Statewide TB Training in April 2007 at the Wyndham
Peachtree Conference Center outside of Atlanta. Borrowing the theme
from World TB Day 2007, “TB Anywhere Is TB Everywhere,”
the training concentrated on new guidelines published since 2005.
Close to 200 people registered for this 2-day training. Participants
represented a variety of health care settings, including public
health, hospitals, correctional facilities, nursing homes, community-based
organizations, military and mental health facilities, and schools
of medicine and nursing. TB professionals including physicians,
nurses, epidemiologists, communicable disease specialists, and others
came together to share common experiences and learn new ideas.
Beverly DeVoe-Payton, Program Manager of the State TB Program,
introduced Dr. Kenneth Castro from DTBE, who motivated the audience
as he spoke about controlling TB in the United States, followed
by Dr. Susan Ray from Emory University School of Medicine, who led
the participants through the new infection control guidelines. The
Southeastern National TB Center staff, Ellen Murray, RN, and Denise
Dodge, RN, were very informative as they spoke about contact investigations,
case management, and TB in correctional facilities. A lively discussion
and questions followed the presentation of Dr. Michael Leonard,
medical consultant for the State TB Program, who discussed diagnostics,
treatment, and HIV. Sonia Alvarez-Robinson, from the Georgia Department
of Human Resources (DHR), Division of Public Health, was described
by participants as “energizing and refreshing” as she
discussed public health transformation. Dr. Diana Schneider from
the US Public Health Service (USPHS), Division of Immigration Health
Services, gave a very educational presentation on Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, and Carol Pozsik from the National
TB Controllers Association (NTCA) inspired the audience with her
talk on advocacy. One of the highlights of the training was a surprise
appearance by Mr. TB Germ, who delighted the crowd as he danced
among them.
—Submitted
by Ann Poole, RN,
Nurse Consultant, Georgia TB Program |
Released October 2008
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