Death Audit

A death review or mortality audit is a means of documenting the causes of death and the factors that contributed to it, identifying factors that could be modified and actions that could prevent future deaths, putting the actions into place and reviewing the outcomes.

The aims of the audit or review of deaths in hospitals and health services are to:

Management of TB in special situations

The treatment for TB is demanding in terms of duration of treatment, adverse drug reactions, the requirement of prolonged adherence by patients and catastrophic expenditures. The presence of a special condition added on by a TB diagnosis makes it even more challenging.

To improve the outcomes for such challenging situations, the programme recommends certain modifications in the regimen, which are listed in the table below.

Table: Management of TB in Special Situations

Management of Patients with Treatment Interruptions

Treatment interruption is defined as a patient-initiated episode in which the patient discontinues TB treatment. All efforts must be made to ensure that TB patients do not interrupt treatment or are not lost to follow-up. Action should be taken to promptly retrieve patients who fail to come for their daily dose by the treatment supporter

 

The management of treatment interruptions is made based on the following criteria:

i. Type of case: Whether new, relapse or failure

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