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Home visit to TB Patients
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- State the importance of home visits to persons with TB and
- List precautionary advise for person with TB during home visit
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Interaction with the patients and their families is crucial to gauge a patient's understanding of the disease they are suffering from and the course of treatment to be followed.
Aspects to be considered during a Home visit:
- First home visit should be completed within 7 days of the patient's diagnosis.
- Patients who have Adverse Drug Reaction(i.e. ADR) / interrupted treatment /Loss to follow up /Repeat episode, interrupted the treatment should be given preference and would be preferable if the In-charge of the health facility accompany the team during home visit.
Figure: Precautionary measures to be advised to patient during home visit
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