The Cartridge-based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) software generates the results from the measured fluorescence signals and embedded calculation algorithms. In addition to qualitative results, the software provides semi-quantitative results, which provide information about the bacterial load in the specimens tested.

Semi-quantitative result interpretation is based on Cycle threshold (Ct) values of Mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB) specific targets (Figure 1).

The comparison of the Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) and Light Emission Diode (LED) Fluorescence Microscopy is tabulated below:

Comparing AFB and LED-Fluorescence Microscopy

The different meetings conducted at the Tuberculosis Units (TU) are:

Review meetings are conducted at each Tuberculosis Units (TU) on a monthly basis in order to review the activities and address if any issues. The MO-TC is responsible for conducting these meetings