MO-PHI-02: TB Case finding and Diagnosis

Target Audience

• Medical Officer-PHI

• MO-PHI-02.01: General Concepts in TB Case Finding

  • TB Case Finding
  • Symptoms of TB Disease
  • Screening For Tuberculosis Disease
  • Presumptive TB
  • Enrolling a patient in Nikshay
  • Requesting a Test on Nikshay
  • Diagnostic Algorithm for TB Disease in NTEP
  • Approaches to TB Case Finding
  • Bidirectional Screening Approach
  • Universal Drug Susceptibility Testing [UDST]

• MO-PHI-02.02: Diagnostic Technologies and Lab Network

  • Principles and Methods of Testing for TB diagnosis
  • Microscopy in TB Diagnosis
  • Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test [CBNAAT]
  • Truenat MTB and RIF Assay as a TB Diagnostic Test
  • Line Probe Assay [LPA]
  • Culture Drug Susceptibility Testing [CDST]
  • Laboratory Hierarchy and Network
  • Functions of a Designated Microscopy Centres [DMC]
  • NAAT Labs and their role
  • CDST labs and their role
  • Sputum Collection centres

• MO-PHI-02.03: Diagnostic Specimen

  • Spot and early morning sputum sample
  • Steps to Ensure a Good Quality Sputum Sample
  • Educating patient on Sputum collection and dispensing Sputum cup
  • Modes of Transportation in SCT
  • Patient Turnaround Time from Identification to Treatment Initiation Relative to the Laboratory Technology Used in DR-TB

• MO-PHI-02.04: Active Case Finding Campaign

  • ACF campaign
  • Mapping the population for ACF
  • Microplanning and execution of ACF campaign
  • Recording formats under ACF campaign
  • Field Supervision of ACF campaign
  • Reporting of ACF campaign
  • Monitoring of ACF campaign