Model Tuberculosis Outbreak Response Plan for Low-Incidence
Areas (August 2006) The Model Tuberculosis (TB) Outbreak
Response Plan (ORP) is a customizable template to help ensure
comprehensive and timely response to a TB outbreak. The ORP
includes the following sections: purpose, indications for
initiating the response plan, legal authority, composition of
the response team, notification procedures, local and state
public health responsibilities, data management, communication,
training and education, community partnerships, evaluation, de-
activation, and glossary. Guidelines for contact investigations
are provided in the TB Manual, another project of Task Order #6.
The following describes an assessment of the ORP conducted in
Boise, Idaho (2006). Assessment of a Model Tuberculosis Outbreak
Response Plan for Low-Incidence Areas Laura Freimanis, Karen
Steingart, Christine Hahn, Kathy Cohen, Lisa Pascopella, Charles
Nolan BACKGROUND: Timely identification and response to
tuberculosis outbreaks has become increa