MO-TC: TB Prevention

Target Audience

• Medical Officer- TC/TU

• MO-TC: Infection Prevention & Control

  • The Need for Infection Prevention and Control [IPC]
  • Standard Precautions for IPC
  • Hand Hygiene
  • Respiratory Hygiene
  • Airborne Infection Control [AIC]
  • Administrative measures for AIC at a Health Facility
  • Ventilation as an AIC Measure
  • IPC Practices Required at a Microscopy Centre
  • Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] Use in TB Lab Settings
  • Color Coding and Type of Container in Biomedical Waste Management
  • Disposing Off Contaminated Material Safely in Microscopy Centre Laboratory Setting
  • Roles of various stakeholders in IPC

• MO-TC: TB Preventive Therapy

  • TB Infection
  • Eligibility for TPT
  • Approaches for TPT implementation
  • Cascade of Care for TPT
  • Testing for TB Infection
  • Counselling for IGRA/TST
  • TB Preventive Therapy
  • Regimen for TPT
  • Contraindications of TPT
  • ADRs due to TPT
  • Screening among Household Contacts of DR-TB Patients
  • Preventive Treatment for Contacts of DR-TB Patients
  • Counselling for TPT
  • Monitoring adherence to TPT
  • Strategies to promote adherence
  • Role of different stakeholders to promote adherence for TPT
  • Management of missed doses in TPT
  • Follow-up Monitoring for individuals taking TPT
  • Treatment outcomes after TPT
  • Monitoring indicators for TPT