Course for STLS in NTEP

Target Audience

• STLS

• STLS: Basics of TB and NTEP

  • STS: TB & TB Epidemiology
  • STLS: NTEP
  • STLS: Integration of NTEP with Health System

• STLS: TB Diagnosis and Case finding

  • STLS: Diagnostic Technologies
  • STLS: Diagnostic Network and Hierarchy
  • STS: Approaches to TB Case Finding
  • STS: TB Case Finding in NTEP
  • STS: Active Case Finding Campaign
  • STLS: TB infection

• STLS: Specimen collection and Transportation

  • STLS: General concepts in specimen collection & transportation
  • STLS: Packaging & dispatching sample to a C&DST lab

• STLS : Smear Microscopy

  • STLS: Collection & Storage of Good Quality Specimen
  • STLS: Sputum Smear Preparation
  • STLS: Preparation of Staining solutions
  • STLS: Staining Sputum Smear
  • STLS: Reading Smear and Reporting Microscopy results
  • Ch 14: Maintenance of Microscope

• STLS: CBNAAT

  • STLS: CBNAAT as a Rapid Molecular Diagnostic tool
  • STLS: Sample processing for CBNAAT
  • STLS: CBNAAT Result Interpretation and Recording
  • STLS: Troubleshooting in CBNAAT
  • STLS: Maintenance of CBNAAT

• STLS: Truenat

  • STLS: Truenat as a Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Test
  • STLS: Specimen processing for Truenat
  • Truenat: Testing using Truenat
  • STLS: Truenat result Interpretation and recording
  • STLS: Troubleshooting in Truenat
  • STLS: Truenat Instrument maintenance and record keeping

• STLS: Ensuring Quality TB lab services at TDCs

  • STLS: General concepts in quality assurance
  • STLS: External quality assurance

• STLS: Infection Prevention and Control [IPC]

  • STLS: General concepts in IPC
  • STLS: Airborne Infection Control
  • STLS: Biomedical waste management in a TB Diagnostic Centre

• STLS: TB Treatment and care

  • STLS: Concepts in TB Treatment
  • STLS: Adverse Drug Reactions with anti-TB Drugs
  • STLS: Documentation of Treatment
  • STLS: Drug Sensitive TB (DS-TB)
  • STLS: Drug Resistant TB (DR-TB)
  • STLS: Follow up of TB patients
  • STLS: Adherence monitoring
  • STLS: Treatment Support
  • STLS: TB & Comorbidities and special situations
  • STLS: TB Preventive Treatment

• STLS: Public Health Action

  • STLS: Public health actions for TB

• STLS: Supply Chain Management

  • STLS: Supply Chain Management in NTEP
  • STLS: Maintaining Supplies of Lab consumables at TDC

• STLS: Supervision, Monitoring & Evaluation

  • STLS: Supportive supervision
  • Monitoring and Evaluation of NAAT Labs
  • Monitoring of CBNAAT Quality Indicators
  • Monitoring Quality Indicators of Truenat

• STLS: Private sector Engagement

  • STLS: Private sector engagement in NTEP

• STLS: ACSM

  • STLS: Advocacy, Communication & Social Mobilization in NTEP
  • STLS: Community engagement in NTEP