Tuberculosis for Health Care Workers

To: Health care personnel who provide services for those with or at risk for tuberculosis infection and disease

From: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

SPACE STILL AVAILABLE!!!

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is partnering with the Rio Grande Public Health to host a 2-day training on Tuberculosis (TB). This free training will enable you and your team to feel comfortable managing TB by providing information and skill building activities on the following topics:

- Introduction to TB
- Diagnosis and treatment for TB infection and disease
- TB case management
- TB contact investigation
- Interviewing skills

We invite nurses and other interested personnel who provide health services to patients with or at risk for tuberculosis in Colorado to attend the TB for Health Care Workers training on October 9th from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm and October 10th from 8:30am - 12:30 pm at the Alamosa Public Health Department. Address: 8900 Independence Way A-B, Alamosa, CO 81101. Please note, day one is applicable for all health care providers while day two is geared towards public health professionals.

For more details and registration, go to: www.train.org/colorado/home and search for course #1080090. Lunch will be provided, please keep your registration up to date.

Registration cost is FREE
Space is very limited so please register early.

For more information please contact Tavia Mirassou-Wolf at 303-692-2638 or Tavia.mirassou-wolf@state.co.us with any questions.

For additional training opportunities, please visit the calendar on our website: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/tb

Training Flyer