ICTC

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Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre [ICTC]

Learning Objectives

Definition, structure, and basic facilities. How they are aligned with NTEP diagnostic facilities.

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Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) is a hub where HIV Counselling and Testing Services (HCTS) are offered to an individual of his/her own will or as suggested by a medical care provider.

Types of ICTC

1. Standalone ICTC (SA - ICTC)

2. Facility integrated ICTC (F - ICTC)

The SA-ICTC facility is a confirmatory facility and it should be located at an easily accessible place with proper signages to direct and guide people to the location.

The SA-ICTC facility should consist of at least two rooms, one for counselling and the other for testing.

ICTC Type	Location	Staff Pattern	Services
Standalone ICTC	Government medical colleges under centre, state and corporation General hospital District hospital Sub-district hospital and Community health centre Health facilities under public sector undertakings - Private medical colleges - Public-private partnership facilities Mobile SA-ICTC Targeted intervention (TI) -based SA-ICTC	Medical Officer in charge Counsellor- One counsellor is appointed on a contractual basis. An additional counsellor may be appointed if there are more than 500 counsellings in a month Lab Technician (LT) - One LT appointed on a contractual basis, with less than 10,000 annual test load, every additional 5,000 annual tests, one additional LT and a maximum of up to 3.	Pre-test counselling and informed consent HIV testing and sharing of test results Post-test counselling & disclosure Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) Testing of sexual partner/ spouse Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)/ Respiratory Tract Infection (RTI), TB and other co-infections Linkages to care and treatment and other health services Linkage to social welfare schemes Outreach activity Follow-up testing and counselling Follow up of discordant couple Act as a nodal point for coordination, supportive supervision, capacity building and supply chain management of all F-ICTC

ICTCs are aligned to the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) diagnostic facilities.

All individuals attending the ICTC are screened for the four symptoms of fever, cough, night sweats, and weight loss.
Presumptive TB cases are referred for TB diagnosis to TB Detection centres(TDCs).
Link the referred individual to the NTEP centre by providing a linkage form in Triplicate.
Provide them with a duly filled NTEP referral form for diagnosis to fast track.
Line list of all the Presumptive TB should be maintained and should be reviewed with NTEP monthly to ensure that all the cases have undergone testing.

Resources

National HIV Counselling and Testing Services (HCTS) Guidelines, National AIDS Control Organisation, Government of India, 2016.

Assessment

Question	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3	Option 4	Correct Answer	Explanation	Page ID	Pre-test	Post-test
Which of the following statement about ICTC is false?	TB screening is done for all individuals at ICTC.	Standalone ICTC is an HIV confirmatory facility.	ICTC has a medical officer, a lab technician, and a counsellor.	TB screening for HIV-positive cases is done at ICTC.	4	TB screening is done for all individuals at ICTC irrespective of their HIV status.

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Content Creator

Awele

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Abhimanyu

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