Accepting the request for testing

Three things are received by the Lab Technician- Sample for testing, request form, and  request for test in Nikshay.

Accepting the request for testing includes the following steps:

1. The LT verifies details on the request form that has eleven parts.

• The first part contains details on the name of referring facility, name of the patient, complete address, age & gender of the patient, date of referral, type of presumptive TB, the key population to which the patient belongs and site of disease.
• The second part contains details of referring facilities, Nikshay ID, and the names of State, district and TB units.
• The third portion is for the diagnosis and follow-up of TB.
• The fourth portion is for the diagnosis and follow-up of drug-resistant TB.
• The fifth portion is to indicate the required tests with the details of the person requesting the test.
• Parts six to eleven are used for reporting test results.

2. The LT verifies the quality of the sample received.

3. LT captures details on the patient, reasons for testing, test requested, and the visual appearance of the sample in the TB Laboratory register.

4. LT verifies the test request generated in Nikshay against the test ID requested (Figure).

Figure: Test Details Added in Nikshay by the Referring Health Facility; Source: Guidelines for PMDT in India, 2021.

5. LT initiates the test requested.

Resources

• Guidelines for PMDT in India, NTEP, 2021.
• Training Modules (1-4) for Programme Managers and Medical Officers, NTEP, 2020.

Assessment