2006 Fall Meeting for TB Controllers

October 13, 2006

Park Plaza Hotel

150 Hegenberger Road

Oakland, CA 94621

I. Review of Agenda and Housekeeping - Julie Low

II. Public Health and the Law Group Presentation - Samantha Graff

See http://www.phlaw.org/programs_tb.html for related resources.

III. EC Committees/Workgroup Reports and Call for Volunteers

A. Contact Investigation Guidelines Committee – Gisela Schecter

B. Education - Tony Paz

C. Finance - Olivia Kasirye

D. Isolation Facility Needs Assessment - Allyson Tabor/Olivia Kasirye

E. QFT-Gold Guidelines Committee - Allyson Tabor (verbal and written report)

Use of QFT in Title 22 facilities/Program flexibility

All Facilities Letter 06-13-2006: Procedure for requesting program flexibility for te use of Quantiferon-TB Gold blood test to identify latent mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in California healthcare workers

F. Renal Dialysis Guidelines Committee - Helene Calvet/Julie Low

G. Advocacy - Bob Benjamin/Judith Thigpen

IV. Implementing CDC Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of MTB in Health Care Settings, 2005 – Allyson Tabor

A. Timing of Sputum Smears to Permit Release from Isolation -Will CA adopt the CDC recommendations re: 3 smears q 8 hours? – Bob Benjamin

B. Title 22 Discussion: Redefine Medium vs Low Risk Hospitals (on the phone as resources: Deborah Gold, CalOsha; Rupa Das, CDHS; Chris Cahill, CDHS)

V. Executive Committee Retreat Summary/Discussion, Tony Paz/Allyson Tabor

A. CTCA top priority activities, Allyson Tabor/Julie Low

B. CTCA staff hiring/partnering with other organizations

C. 2007 Conference - Location, Date, Theme, breakouts, Curry Collaboration (can it be done?; call for volunteers to help plan)

D. IUATLD-NAR - CTCA 2008 Conference - Draft Agenda

VI. State Report

A. Human Resource Development Strategy Plan - Elizabeth Stoller

B. Branch Fiscal Planning/Budget Cuts Discussion and Input - Elizabeth Stoller

IX. New Business/Items from the Floor