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  • Mandatory Notification of TB Diagnosis

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    Discuss the inclusion of TB as a notifiable disease and related details including when, by whom and the methods to notify. Attach the relevant documentation. Discuss the importance of this policy.

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TB is a notifiable disease in India, and TB notification has been made mandatory at the point of diagnosis since May 2012. This means that when a case of TB is diagnosed and/or put on treatment it is to be reported to the  NTEP.

  • Every healthcare provider, i.e., clinical establishments run or managed by the Government (including local authorities), private or NGO sectors and/or individual practitioners, need to notify diagnosed or treated TB patient’s. 
  • Reporting is to be done on the online reporting system called Nikshay and should include details of patient identification, and TB diagnosis.
  • This, apart from enabling essential public health actions such as Treatment initiation, and Contact Tracing, chemoprophylaxis, but also enables provisions of Direct beneficiary transfer for Nikshay Poshan Yojana

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As per MCI code of ethics a registered medical practitioner giving incorrect information on his name and authority about notification amounts to misconduct and such a medical practitioner is liable for deregistration. It is the duty of the registered medical to divulge this information to the authorized notification official as regards communicable and notifiable diseases. 

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ManuMathew Wed, 16/02/2022 - 14:10

Please see learning objectives and align with the same. This page is would be used to introduce the trainee that TB is a notifiable disease. Public health action and related aspects can be excluded. The GO can be attached/ linked.