HIV and TB – What We Need to Know

4 CEUs: ARF, GH, RCFE, STRTP
4 hrs of HIV/TB is required for ALL ARF Administrators, every 2 yr re-certification cycle.

This training is designed to provide an overview of HIV, AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) infections. Specific signs, symptoms, Diagnostic tests and treatment modalities for all three are presented. Routes of transmission, prevention strategies as well as the global impact of both.

Course Objectives:

HIV

1. What is HIV and AIDS
2. How is HIV Transmitted
3. Who is at risk for HIV – Race/Ethnicity
4. HIV treatment overview
5. Symptoms of HIV
6. HIV Prevention – Treatment as Prevention, PrEP, PEP
7. HIV Testing
   
   TUBERCULOSIS
   
8. TB Facts
9. Latent TB Infection & TB Disease
10. TB Signs & Symptoms
11. TB Risk Factors & Exposure
12. TB Prevention & Vaccines
13. TB Testing
14. TB Treatment
15. Drug Resistant TB
16. TB in Specific Populations
17. TB and HIV Co-Infection