2025 TB Nursing Symposium - TB Free California: A Statewide Initiative to Prevent and Eliminate TB

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Speaker: Dana Melgares, RN, MPH, CIC

Recorded: May 6, 2025

Length: Approximately 29 minutes

Presentation Description

This presentation discusses the 'TB Free California' initiative to prevent and eliminate TB, explains the importance of Tuberculosis (TB) prevention to reach the goal of TB elimination, lists the priorities of TB Free California and how they are achieved, describes how and why TB Free California provides outreach and education statewide to nurses, and provides information on locating relevant and useful TB prevention resources.

Target Audience

This presentation is part of a symposium intended for Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Public Health Nurses, and healthcare professionals involved in TB care.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the importance of Tuberculosis (TB) prevention to reach the goal of TB elimination

  • Describe a statewide TB prevention initiative: TB Free California

  • Recognize the priorities of TB Free California and how they are achieved

  • Describe how and why TB Free California provides outreach and education statewide to nurses

  • Locate relevant and useful TB prevention resources

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