Welcome to the MDCH TB Program webpage! We hope that you will find the TB information that you are looking for. If what you want is not found on the page, or if you have any questions on the content, please contact the MDCH TB Program at (517) 335-8165. 

What's New 

• The MDCH TB Program is now using the Michigan Disease Surveillance System for reporting suspect/active TB. This change began January 1, 2008. An announcement was sent to local health departments regarding this change. If you did not receive an announcement or would like more information please contact the MDCH TB Program.
  
  
• The MDCH TB Program has conducted trainings regarding TB reporting in the MDSS. Please find the PowerPoint used for these trainings under "TB Program Forms and Documents".
  
  
• A guidence document for reporting TB in the MDSS has been posted. Please look under "TB Program Forms and Documents." The Guidence document is entitled "MDSS: Suspect/Active Tuberculosis Reporting Guide".

Table of Contents

• Contact Us
• Training
• Fact Sheets
• Guidelines
• TB Epidemiology/Statistics
• Reporting Requirements
• TB Program Forms and Documents
• Related Links

Contact Us

Michigan Department of Community Health
TB Program
201 Townsend St., 5th Floor
Lansing, MI 48913

Phone: 517.335.8165
Fax: 517.335.8263

Email:

• Peter Davidson, Ph.D
  TB Program Coordinator
• Andrew Knecht, MPH
  TB Epidemiologist
• Gail Denkins, RN, BS
  TB Nurse Consultant
• Julie McCallum, RN, MPH
  TB Nurse Consultant
• Gladys Simon
  TB Clerk

Training

The MDCH TB Program offers training in conjunction with American Lung Association of Michigan on the following topics:

For more information and a schedule of upcoming trainings please contact our TB Nurse Consultants or visit the MI-ACET Training website .

Fact Sheets

Guidelines

• General
  • MI-ACET Guidelines (2003) (pdf)
• Diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Standards / Classification of TB in Adults and Children (2000)  (pdf)
• Treatment of TB Disease
  • Treatment of Tuberculosis (2003) (pdf)
• Treatment of Latent TB Infection
  • Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (2000)  (pdf)
• TB Control and Contact Investigation
  • Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis & Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Test for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, United States (2005)  (pdf)
  • Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States (2005)  (pdf)
• TB Screening in Occupational Settings
  • MIOSHA - Enforcement Policy and Procedures for Evaluating Occupational Exposure to TB (2007)  (pdf)

TB Epidemiology

• World TB Epidemiology
  • WHO Global TB Database
• United States TB Epidemiology
  • CDC TB Surveillance Reports
• Michigan TB Epidemiology
  • For Michigan TB statistics please contact the MDCH TB Program at (517) 335-8165.

Reporting Requirements

*R 325.173 Reporting and surveillance requirements.
Rule 3.

(1) A physician shall report each case of  a  serious  communicable disease specified in R  325.172 [which includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis], except  for  human  immunodeficiency  virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome which are  governed  by  MCL 333.5114, within 24 hours of  diagnosis  or  discovery,  to  the  appropriate [local] health department.

16) Within 24 hours of receiving a report, a local health department shall communicate the report of  an  individual  who  has  a  serious  communicable disease specified in R 325.172 [which includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis] or a serious infection specified in R  325.172 to [MDCH - TB Control Program] and any  other  Michigan  jurisdiction  if  the  individual resides in that other jurisdiction.

(19) Reports of designated conditions acquired  by  residents  of  a  local health department's jurisdiction  shall  be  recorded  by  the  local  health officer and shall be forwarded to the department in a format specified by the department.

*Taken From  Michigan Communicable Disease Rules

TB Control Program Forms and Documents

Please Refer to "Related Documents" at the Bottom of this Page.

Related Links

• MDCH - TB Laboratory
• Michigan Advisory Committee for Elimination of TB (MI-ACET)
• CDC - Division of TB Elimination
• New Jersey Medical School - Global TB Institute
• MDCH - Bovine TB
• MI-OSHA