Tuberculosis For Health Professionals

For LTBI medications in pill form, automatic refills will be dispensed. For liquid or compounded medication, please complete the following steps to send a refill request:

1. Fill out the medical refill request form, F-44126 (PDF).
2. Upload it to the filing cabinet in WEDSS.
3. Change the status to "LTBI Medication refill order."

• If you are obtaining 3HP or rifampin through another pharmacy, ensure that they have enough medication set aside to complete the entire course of treatment for your patient.
• Continue to check your email and this webpage for the most up to date information on LTBI medication supplies.
• Email the Wisconsin TB Program with any questions: DHSWITBProgram@dhs.wisconsin.gov, or by calling 608-261-6319.

Upcoming webinars

The Wisconsin Virtual TB Summit Returns in Spring 2026! Join local, state, and national tuberculosis experts as they share their work to understand and improve care for people diagnosed with TB in our community. Registration is free and gives attendees access to all Wisconsin TB Summit sessions. Session topics include:

• TB Epidemiology, Updates, and Resources: Local, State, and National
• TB Challenges: Gastrointestinal & Peritoneal TB with Case Study Examples
• Bridging Community & TB Care
• TB Radiology: Perspectives on Adult and Pediatric Radiology with Case Study Examples
• Ask the Experts: Your TB Questions Answered

Registration is now open! Sessions will be recorded and available for viewing after the live event. The summit is hosted by Public Health Madison and Dane County in coordination with Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis and the Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program.

Recorded webinars from the Wisconsin TB Program

• Tuberculosis Case Management Troubleshooting (March 24, 2026): Geared for Wisconsin public health nurses and staff, learn how to navigate common TB and LTBI case management concerns, such as LTBI regimen selection, side effects, treatment dose counting, and more. Passcode: crI.@5?#
• Tuberculosis Laboratory Results for Nurses (July 28, 2025): Geared for Wisconsin public health nurses, learn how to review lab results for people with suspected or confirmed TB disease. Passcode: &@vnN20E View the Tuberculosis Laboratory Results for Nurses (PDF).
• Wisconsin TB Summit 2025 (April, 2025): Join local, state, and national tuberculosis experts as they share their work to understand and improve care for people diagnosed with TB in our community. Registration is free for recorded sessions.
• Latent Tuberculosis Infection: What You Need to Know (March 18, 2025): Learn what latent tuberculosis is, how often it is diagnosed in Wisconsin, and how it is treated. Passcode: CaI*m!0V View the Latent Tuberculosis Infection: What You Need to Know (PDF).
• Updated Guidelines for Tuberculosis Isolation in the Community (October 16, 2024): The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has issued DPH Numbered Memo BCD 2024-03: Wisconsin Tuberculosis Statement on the National Tuberculosis Coalition of America (NTCA) Guidelines for Respiratory Isolation and Restrictions to Reduce Transmission of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Community Settings (PDF). Review the Wisconsin TB Program recommendations for implementing the updated guidance on community respiratory isolation and restrictions (RIR) for people with TB (PWTB) in the state of Wisconsin. Passcode: ir?!^.?0 View the Updated Guidelines for TB Isolation in the Community recorded webinar (PDF).
• DHS TBLTBI Training for New Staff (April, 2023): A webinar by the Wisconsin TB Program introducing TB and LTBI concepts and reporting for new LTHD staff. View the recording of this webinar. View the DHS TBLTBI Training for New Staff recorded webinar.
• IGRA for Nurses (September 27, 2022): Learn about Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) blood tests and how they are used to identify patients with past or infection with TB. This knowledge will allow nurses to identify which indeterminate or borderline test results require follow-up.
• The TB Laboratory (PDF) (Oct. 12, 2021): Simon, reproduced with permission): Learn about collecting specimens and interpreting testing for TB. View the TB Laboratory recorded webinar.
• Evaluation for TB Disease and TB Case Management (PDF) (Sept. 28, 2021): Learn about nurse care management for active TB disease. View the Evaluation for TB Disease and TB Case Management recorded webinar.
• Financial Assistance through the Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program (PDF) (Sept. 14, 2021): Geared towards local health departments, learn more about resources available for evaluating and treating patients with TB and latent TB infection, including the TB Dispensary and the TB Treatment Assistance Programs. View the Financial Assistance through the Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program recorded webinar.
• TB 101 (PDF) (August 24, 2021): Learn general concepts about TB. View the IGRA for Nurses recorded webinar.

Check out additional archived webinars from the Bureau of Communicable Diseases.

• Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis (MCCT) TB Contact Investigation Interviewing Skills Course: (August 26-27, 2026): Designed for public health nurses and other public health staff who conduct or manage TB contact investigations. Course will be two full days hosted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Apply for consideration to attend.
  Please note:
  Participants must have successfully completed the Level 1 TB Contact Investigation Fundamentals Course offered by a TB Center of Excellence. If you have not already completed this, there is a virtual Course Offering in June you can attend.