TB Technical Specialist

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance to the iDOTS facilities in ensuring that: All Presumptive TB Individuals (X-Ray positives, symptomatic) from ACF/ICF activities are referred and tested in the nearest RTDL sites; and initiated for treatment, if necessary.
• All presumptive TB patients are screened and tested for TB Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) like GeneXpert, TrueNat, etc.
• Prompt referral of RRTB cases reported by Jail/Prison facilities.
• All MTB-detected patients (both DSTB & DRTB) are enrolled in TB treatment at the iDOTS facility most convenient or accessible to the patient.
• Contact tracing to close contacts & household contacts of the index case is done. Ensures timely reporting of TPT enrolment.
• Provider Initiated Counseling and Testing (PICT) for HIV is offered and done to the patients. Assist as needed.
• iDOTS facilities do recording and reporting for TB patients both on physical registers ...