Enrolling a patient in Nikshay
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Describe the steps to enroll a person on Ni-kshay.
Describe the steps to enroll a person on Ni-kshay.
Discuss the concept that of TB care needs to extend before and after the current episode of TB, and that it exists in a continuum. Including TB infection, post treatment follow-up and recurrence of TB years after treatment completion.
Discuss the importance of locating the person in this continuum by asking previous history and also extending services of post treatment follow-up.
At the end of the page, the learner will be able to discuss the global incidence of TB and deaths due to TB.
The learner will be able to
- Recall the TB incidence, prevalence, and death rate in India and
- Discuss the burden of TB in India in terms of missing TB
The learner will be able to
- Classify TB based on site of disease and
- Distinguish between Pulmonary and Extra pulmonary TB
The learner will be able to
- Classify persons with TB based on history of previous TB treatment and
- Explain the operational definition of each type of TB based on previous TB treatment
Classify the TB disease on the basis of Drug Resistance
The learner will be able to
- Classify TB based on diagnosis and
- Distinguish between Microbiologically confirmed and clinical TB