The State Programme Implementation Plan (PIPs) for health and family welfare services under National Health Mission (NHM) funding spell out the strategies to be deployed, budgetary requirements and aimed health outcomes.
PIPs are the most crucial documents in NHM through which the states/ Union Territories (UTs), identify and quantify the targets required for programme implementation for the proposed year.
A good screening algorithm should have the following characteristics:
Prevalence of TB infection - The number of persons living with TB infection in a given population during a given time is called the prevalence of TB infection.
It may be expressed in absolute number for a given population or as a rate per a defined denominator, commonly percentage.
Nucleic acid amplification test centres (NAAT centres) including both (Truenat and CBNAAT) are established to diagnose rifampicin resistance among all TB patients (Universal DST). They also serve to diagnose TB among presumptive TB cases from key populations. These labs are established in district TB centres (DTCs), TB units and medical colleges. India is in the process of expanding the NAAT site network.
The Truenat is a rapid molecular diagnostic method based on the Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAAT) principle.
Here we discuss the error classes and actions in Truelab.
Trueprep Error Classes
The Trueprep errors are classified as:
Monitoring of Truenat errors
There are various types of errors that occur with the Truenat machines, which include:
Monitoring the Trueprep AUTO v2 errors
After completion of the set number of nucleic acid extractions (i.e., buffer count 05/ 25/ 50/ 100 completed) the Trueprep AUTO v2 device will prompt the alert on its 2- line LCD screen to “Change the reagent pack” and “Insert Reagent Reset Card & Start” on the screen alternatively. When this happens, the new reagent pack needs to be inserted into the device and the buffer count needs to be reset.