STLS: TB Diagnosis and Case finding

Target Audience

• STLS

• STLS: Diagnostic Technologies

  • Principles and Methods of Testing for TB diagnosis
  • Microscopy in TB Diagnosis
  • Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test [CBNAAT]
  • TrueNAT MTB and RIF Assay
  • Line Probe Assay [LPA]
  • Solid and Liquid Culture in TB
  • Culture Drug Susceptibility Testing [CDST]

• STLS: Diagnostic Network and Hierarchy

  • Laboratory Hierarchy and Network
  • National Reference Laboratories [NRL]
  • Roles of NRLs
  • Intermediate Reference Laboratories [IRL] and their role
  • CDST labs and their role
  • NAAT Labs and their role
  • Functions of a Designated Microscopy Centres [DMC]
  • Sputum Collection centres

• STS: Approaches to TB Case Finding

  • Screening For Tuberculosis Disease
  • Approaches to TB Case Finding
  • Active Case Finding
  • Passive Case Finding
  • Intensified Case Finding
  • Bidirectional Screening Approach
  • TB-HIV Bidirectional Screening
  • TB-Diabetes Bidirectional Screening
  • TB-Tobacco Bidirectional Screening
  • TB-COVID Bidirectional Screening

• STS: TB Case Finding in NTEP

  • Diagnostic Algorithm for EPTB
  • Diagnostic Algorithm for Pediatric TB
  • Screening and diagnosis for DRTB
  • Integrated DR-TB Algorithm
  • Diagnostic Algorithm for Paediatric DR-TB
  • Classification of TB on the basis of Site of disease
  • Classification of TB cases based on history of Previous TB treatment
  • Classification of TB on the basis of Drug Resistance
  • Classification of TB on the basis of Type of Diagnosis

• STS: Active Case Finding Campaign

  • ACF campaign
  • Mapping the population for ACF
  • Identifying and mapping the target population for ACF campaign
  • Identifying and mapping the target population for ACF campaign
  • Training the workforce for ACF campaign
  • Contextualizing the algorithm for ACF campaign
  • Identifying the resources for ACF campaign
  • Microplanning and execution of ACF campaign
  • Recording formats under ACF campaign
  • Field Supervision of ACF campaign
  • Monitoring of ACF campaign
  • Reporting of ACF campaign

• STLS: TB infection

  • TB Infection
  • Testing for TB Infection
  • Contact Tracing and Investigation
  • How to do contact tracing
  • Recording Contact Tracing in Ni-kshay