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Systematic screening of all individuals of a defined population is known as active case finding. It is applied outside of health facilities at the community level by the health system.
Objective of ACF is to:
TPT treatment options recommended under NTEP include:
What is the "continuum of TB Care"?
The process for testing is initiated with a request for test and ends with the reporting of test results. In built into the process of testing is also the process of specimen collection and transportation.
Different tuberculosis (TB) case finding strategies are deployed in public and private sector for early detection of TB patients and their subsequent linkage to treatment facility.
Public Sector:
A nucleic acid test (NAT) is a technique used to detect a particular nucleic acid sequence. In general, a NAT is used to detect and identify a particular species or subspecies of an organism (e.g., a virus or bacteria that acts as a pathogen in blood, tissue or urine).
As the genetic material is usually present at a low level, many NATs include a step that amplifies the genetic material (i.e., makes many copies of it) – such NATs are called nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs)
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Functions and Integrated Services of the DMC
The key level for the management of public health services is the district level. The District Tuberculosis Centre (DTC) is the nodal point for tuberculosis (TB) control activities in the district.
Functions of the DTC
The primary role of the DTC is a managerial one. The DTC is the central program management unit of the district responsible for all activities related to National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) implementation such as:
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Under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), many labs are established at the regional level within states for providing Culture and Drug Susceptibility Testing (C&DST) facilities for presumptive TB/DRTB and for TB/DRTB patients. |