Ch 20: General Concepts in IPC The Need for Infection Prevention and Control [IPC] Standard Precautions for IPC Hand Hygiene Respiratory Hygiene General Cleaning and TB Lab Surface Decontamination IPC Practices Required at a Microscopy Centre Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] Use in TB Lab Settings
Ch 19: Packaging and dispatching a sample to a C&DST Lab Requirements for Packaging a biological Specimen Specimen Carriers SOP for Packaging for SCT Labelling Specimen Transport Carriers Dispatching the sample to a C&DST Lab
Ch 18: General Concepts in SCT Specimen Collection and Transportation [SCT] Process of Sample Collection and Transportation Modes of Transportation in SCT Specimen Collection and Transportation to a TB Diagnostic Centre Cool Chain Requirement for SCT
Ch 17: EQA for LTs Panel Testing Onsite Evaluation [OSE] OSE Feedback and action required Random Blinded ReChecking [RBRC] Concept RBRC Process RBRC Process at DTC Good Laboratory Practices
Ch 16: General Concepts in quality assurance Storing slides at a DMC for QA False Positivity and False Negativity in Microscopy Need for Quality Testing and Control Measures for Quality Assurance in Microscopy Quality assurance of Stains and Internal Quality Control
M 03: Smear Microscopy Ch 10: Collecting & Storage of Good Quality Specimen Ch 11: Sputum Smear Preparation Ch 12: Staining Sputum Smear Ch 13: Reading Smear and Reporting Microscopy results Ch 14: Maintenance of Microscope Ch 15: Maintaining Supplies of Lab consumables at DMC
Ch 15: Maintaining Supplies of Lab consumables at DMC Consumables required at a Microscopy Centre Stock Register at a Microscopy Centre Indenting Supplies at a DMC Preparation of Reagents for ZN Microscopy Preparation of Reagents for FM Microscopy
Ch 14: Maintenance of Microscope Storing a Microscope Parts of a Microscope Working with a Microscope Cleaning a Microscope Common issues with Microscope that require technical support Annual Maintenance [AMC] of a Microscope
Ch 13: Reading Smear and Reporting Microscopy results Process of Reading a Smear Oil immersion and focusing Reading a ZN stained smear Reading a Fluorescent Stained slide Reporting and Recording results of Smear Microscopy (On paper) Reporting results of Microscopy Generating the DMC Laboratory Register from Nikshay Tuberculosis Laboratory Register
Ch 12: Staining Sputum Smear ZN Microscopy: Staining Process ZN Microscopy: Properties of a well stained slide Fluorescent Microscopy: Staining Process Fluorescent Microscopy: Properties of a well stained slide
