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Senior Treatment Supervisor (STS) is one of the key programme staff working under NTEP at TU level. 

Roles and responsibilities of STS include:

Physical verification and reconciliation of anti-TB drug stocks are done at the drug stores, and immediate next steps are taken to deal with discrepancies determined, if any.

Significance of Checklist

Desk monitoring of supply chain

Monitoring of supply chain management is carried out by a two-tier monitoring system:

1. Central system- at central level, Central TB Division (CTD) reviews and ensures adequacy of drugs and consumables at State level.
2. Decentralized system- by the State TB Officers (STOs) and the District TB Officers (DTOs) whereas they ensure adequacy of drugs and consumables up to the level of the DOT Centers.

The various methods for monitoring include:

1. Store Visits

Monitoring is the process of observing whether an activity or service is occurring as planned or not.  It implies systematic and purposeful observation, aiming to identify any diversion from the planned course of action. It also helps to identify the need for more formal evaluation of activities and find timely solutions to the problems.

Monitoring of sub-stores (drug stores at Tuberculosis Unit/Peripheral Health Institution level)  in National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) is carried out by the officer-in-charge at the District Tuberculosis Centre(DTC).

Content

After receiving directions about the collection of drug samples for QA from Central TB division, the respective stores need to record all the details in the Nikshay Aushadhi. Various steps involved in this process are as follows: