TB Medical Consultation Process

Clinical consultation in the medical management of TB patients is available through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment TB Control and Prevention Program. The State TB Nurse Consultant will triage all requests for clinical consultation and coordinate a rapid response to clinicians treating Kansas TB patients. The State TB Nurse Consultant will gather all pertinent information required for the consultation and will facilitate coordination with in house expert resources, contracted state clinician experts and/or the Heartland National TB Center, as appropriate, for each request. The State TB Nurse Consultant may be reached at (785) 296-0739 or ginny.dowell@ks.gov.

TB Program Website

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Tuberculosis Program

http://www.kdheks.gov/tb/index.html