F-ICTC

Facility-integrated Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (F-ICTC) takes HIV Counselling and Testing Services (HCTS ) closer to the people, increasing the uptake of services while reducing transportation costs and waiting times. F-ICTC s can be mobile or fixed.

Proper signage should direct and guide people to reach the F- ICTC.

The health facility should earmark a suitable room to ensure privacy and confidentiality and with good cross-ventilation to prevent air-borne infection.

Any positive HIV results at F-ICTC are only provisional - The facility uses whole blood finger-prick test kits for HIV screening.

If found reactive on HIV screening, link the individual to the linked SA-ICTC for confirmation of HIV diagnosis and further necessary action, using the Linkage Form. 

If found non-reactive on HIV screening, the laboratory report duly signed by the medical officer should be given to the individual during post-test counselling on the same day as the screening.

Verbal screening for the four symptom complex of TB is done for all the clients and appropriate referral to NTEP diagnostic facilities if indicated. The provisions for Presumptive TB testing is applicable for ICTCs too.

Resources

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

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