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Recommendations for use of video directly observed therapy during tuberculosis treatment - United States, 2023
Mangan JM , Woodruff RS , Winston CA , Nabity SA , Haddad MB , Dixon MG , Parvez FM , Sera-Josef C , Salmon-Trejo LAT , Lam CK . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023 72 (12) 313-316 U.S. clinical practice guidelines recommend directly observed therapy (DOT) as the standard of care for tuberculosis (TB) treatment (1). DOT, during which a health care worker observes a patient ingesting the TB medications, has typically been conducted in person. Video DOT (vDOT) uses video-enabled devices to facilitate remote interactions between patients and health care workers to promote medication adherence and clinical monitoring. Published systematic reviews, a published meta-analysis, and a literature search through 2022 demonstrate that vDOT is associated with a higher proportion of medication doses being observed and similar proportions of cases with treatment completion and microbiologic resolution when compared with in-person DOT (2-5). Based on this evidence, CDC has updated the recommendation for DOT during TB treatment to include vDOT as an equivalent alternative to in-person DOT. vDOT can assist health department TB programs meet the U.S. standard of care for patients undergoing TB treatment, while using resources efficiently. |
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