The Tuberculosis (TB) Program works in collaboration with partners at the local, national and international levels to facilitate preventing, controlling and eventually eliminating TB from Oregon. The TB Program provides lab testing, technical assistance, TB medications and analysis of surveillance data to assist with accomplishing these goals.

The Mission of the Oregon Public Health Division Tuberculosis (TB) Program is, in collaboration with partners at the local, national and international levels, to facilitate preventing, controlling and eventually eliminating TB from Oregon.

What We Do:

The TB Program works with local health departments and private medical providers to:

• identify and treat TB disease;
• identify, evaluate, and treat newly infected contacts to infectious TB cases;
• screen high-risk populations for TB infection.

 
Services the TB program provides to accomplish these priorities are:

• Lab tests including AFB smear, MTB culture, drug resistance, and genotyping
• Technical assistance on diagnosis, treatment, management and investigation of TB cases
• TB medications
• Incentives and enablers to help ensure completion of treatment
• Analysis of surveillance data to better understand TB in Oregon and drive interventions
• Education and outreach