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The District Drug Store (DDS) pharmacist is responsible for managing the supply chain of all drugs and commodities at the district level under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP).

The DDS Pharmacist is involved in the following activities:

Figure: Role of District Drug Store (DDS) Pharmacist in National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP)

The State Drug Store (SDS) pharmacist will perform the following activities:

Stock management refers to the activities undertaken to ensure sufficient stock of drugs/ items at all stocking points. It is facilitated through Ni-kshay Aushadhi.

The stock management process under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) includes the following activities:

1. Drug Inventory
2. Physical Stock Verification
3. Expiry Management

1) Drug Inventory:

This process is used to record drugs issued or dispatched to State Drug Stores (SDS), District Drug Stores (DDS), Tuberculosis Unit (TU) and Peripheral Health Institution (PHI) stores and other sources through Ni-kshay Aushadhi.

1) Drug Store Personnel

Tuberculosis Unit (TU) is the administrative unit under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) which is responsible for conducting activities at the sub-district/ block level. 

Introduction

Cartridge-based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) is an automated rapid molecular diagnostic test which detects targeted Deoxyribonucleic Acids (DNA) sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) genome by Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) method.

To ensure smooth and timely distribution of anti-tuberculosis drugs within the state, store facilities at the district level in all the states are built as per the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) guidelines. These facilities under the programme are called District Drug stores (DDS).

The consumables required at a Cartridge-based Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (CBNAAT) laboratory include the following:

CBNAAT/ GeneXpert Dx System consisting of CBNAAT machine preloaded with assay software, Computer and the Barcode reader