If you are a Yale University employee and have a question regarding TB testing, symptoms, treatment or your personal health status, contact the Employee Health Department at 203-432-7978 All other questions should be addressed to Environmental Health and Safety.
Employees should review the TB control plan for their specific facility or unit to learn any location specific details regarding the management of suspected TB patients and this plan can be accessed through their facility’s infection control manual.
Yale’s Infection Control program contains information including the university’s TB exposure control plan. This document includes TB exposure control guidelines, procedures for handling suspected or known active TB cases and procedures for medical follow-up of health care workers exposed to active TB cases.
The CDC website contains recent information and news updates as well as links to treatment guidelines and blogs.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Control Program has a website with information on TB facts and frequently asked questions, a list of statewide TB clinics, TB education materials, TB statistics in the state and a description of TB quarantine laws in Connecticut.
The World Health Organization offers a series of web pages and documents describing its guidelines and strategy for controlling the spread of TB.