Role of STS at a DMC

At a DMC, the STS primarily ensures that 

1. All patient services from enrolment to outcomes for a TB patient are completed optimally. This is done by monitoring information submitted by the DMC such as referral for testing, no of people tested, no of people diagnosed with TB, initiated on treatment. 

2. All the patients started on treatment are tested promptly using the appropriate follow-up testing schedule( i.e. at the end of IP and CP). 

3. Maintain profile of the DMC in the Nikshay such as tagging the PHI as DMC, name of contact person and other particulars

4. Ensure data quality in the various records, both in physical and electronic records. This includes patient data, referral data and testing data.