We can beat the challenge of tuberculosis (TB)

                                                           

Every time you handle a TB case. Tell your nearest health authorities. Because that’s how we can know the dimension of the problem and deal with it better.

                                                           Notification of TB cases

TB continues to be a major public health problem accounting for substantial morbidity and mortality in the country. Early diagnosis and complete treatment of TB is the corner – stone of TB prevention and control strategy. Inappropriate diagnosis and irregular / incomplete treatment with anti – TB drugs may contribute to complications, disease spread and emergence of Drug Resistant TB.

In order to ensure proper TB diagnosis and case management, reduce TB transmission and address the problems of emergence and spread of Drug Resistant – TB, It is essential to have complete information of all TB cases. Therefore, the healthcare providers shall notify every TB case to local authorities i.e. District Health Officer/Chief Medical Officer of a district and Municipal Health Officer of a Municipal

Corporation / municipality every month in a given format (indicated below).

 For the purpose of case notification, a TB case is defined as follows:

A patient diagnosed with at least one sputum specimen positive for acid fast bacilli, or culture – positive for mycobacterium tuberculosis or a patient diagnosed clinically as a case of tuberculosis, without microbiologic confirmation, and indicated on anti – TB drugs.

For the purpose of this notification, healthcare providers will include clinical establishment run or managed by the Government (including local authorities), private or NGO sectors and/ or individual practitioners.

Sd/- Under secretary to the govt. of India

Order No.Z- 28015/2/2012- TB Dated:07.05.2012

MONTHLY REPORT ON TB NOTIFICATION
Period of reporting :From………………………………/…….……………………..To…………………/…………………/…………………… Name of the Healthy facility /practitioner/laboratory:………………………………………………………………………… Registration Number:…………………………………Telephone(with STD)…………………….Mobile Number………………….. Complete Address:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
S.No	Name of TB Patient /ID of Patient	Age(yrs)	Sex(M/F/O)	Gol Issued Identification Number(Aadhaar etc.),if any	Complete Residential Address	Patient Phone Number	Date of TB Diagnosis	Date of TB Treatment Initiation

    

For more information, contact the concerned State Tb Officers/District TB Officers, whose details are available at www.tbc india.nic.in

Thank You,

DECCAN CHRONICLE 02-SEPTEMBER-2012