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Acid-Fast Direct Smear Microscopy Training Package Abstract This training package was created to provide standard materials that all countries could use to improve their training efforts. An effective TB control program depends upon laboratories providing accurate, reliable, and timely detection of TB cases. This package is designed so that TB control programs, Ministries of Health, and other key partners can conduct a training on how to perform AFB microscopy accurately and reliably. The training package includes presentations and exercises that can be customized and adapted to reflect the technical procedures and policies within each country. Publication Date 2006 Author International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) World Health Organization Association of Public Health Laboratories The Research Institute of Tuberculosis Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association US Agency for International Development Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Format Teaching Guide/Training Curriculum Physical Description 1 training package includes a trainer's guide, participant's manual. Language English Country of Origin United States Audiences Government Agencies, Health Educators/Communicators, Health Professionals, International Agencies, Lab Personnel Document URL HTML: http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/dls/ila/acidfast training/default.aspx Topic Diagnosis, Diagnosis- Laboratory Procedures, Diagnosis- Sputum Smear Examination, Training and Education Notes For more information or to order copies of this material, please send a request to: PAngra@cdc.gov To view this material online, click the link in the Document URL field. Disclaimer: The information on the TB Education and Training Resources Web Site is made available as a public service. Neither the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor the National Prevention Information Network endorses the organizations, Web sites, and materials presented. It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate this information prior to use based on individual, community, and organizational needs and standards.