Undertake comprehensive infection control measures in managing TB

The following are a few of the steps for comprehensive infection control measures:

• The F-A-S-T Strategy re-focuses efforts on Finding cases Actively, and Separation until effective Treatment is started.
• Emphasizing cough surveillance and rapid molecular testing, FAST aims to shorten the time between a symptomatic patient’s entry into a congregate setting until the start of effective treatment. In Tuberculosis (TB) and chest hospitals and clinics, where cough is common, the focus is on rapid molecular testing to identify drug resistance. The concept is that if there are no symptomatic patients with unsuspected TB or drug resistance, transmission should cease.
• Appropriate regulation to ensure effective infection control in healthcare services and other settings where the risk of disease transmission is high.
• Managerial, administrative, environmental and personal measures for infection control to be part of infection disease law, and regulations related to the construction and organization of health facilities.
• Airborne Infection Control measures in TB settings need to be complemented by the systemic strengthening of general infection control across health systems

WHO End TB Strategy, 2015, Pillars 1 and 3 recommend each country to expand infection control measures in TB as well as to the overall health system and reduce the chances of people getting infected in healthcare as well as a social settings.

Resources

• WHO: The End TB Strategy - Global Strategy and Targets for Tuberculosis Prevention, Care and Control after 2015.
• Implementing The End TB Strategy: The Essential, WHO, 2015.

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