New smear Percentage ETR Numerator: Output Percentage Quarterly No Lower levels positive of smear of interruption All smear positive PTB positive PTB reflect defaulted defaulter cases who improved rate interrupted case holding, (defaulted) which is Denominator: treatment important for facilitating All smear positive successful newly registered TB treatment Smear Percentage Monitor the DHIS Numerator: Accuracy of Quality Percentage Quarterly No Higher TB Programme result of TB sputa turnaround capturing percentage manager TB sputa tests times of the the indicate specimens with time under completed sputa date/time faster turnaround time 48 hours with samples sampled turnaround less than 48 hours rate turnaround dispatched time of less and/or than 48 received Denominator: hours All TB sputa specimens Percentage Percentage Monitors the ETR. Dependant Higher TB Programme Numerator: Output Percentage Quarterly Yes of HIV-TB of HIV and coverage of Net on the percentage Manager Total number of HIV Co-infected TB ART among accuracy of indicate and TB co-infected patients co-infected the better people placed on placed on patients population Electronic coverage ART ART placed on TB Ante Register. retrovirus Denominator: Treatment (ART) Total number of people with a CD4 count of 350 or less.
New smear positive PTB defaulter rate Percentage of smear positive PTB cases who interrupted (defaulted) treatment ETR Numerator: All smear positive defaulted Denominator: All smear positive newly registered Output Percentage Quarterly No Lower levels of interruption reflect improved case holding, which is important for facilitating successful TB treatment Smear result time under 48 hours rate Percentage of TB sputa tests completed with turnaround time of less than 48 hours Monitor the turnaround times of the sputa samples DHIS Numerator: TB sputa specimens with turnaround time less than 48 hours Denominator: All TB sputa specimens Accuracy of capturing the date/time sampled dispatched and/or received Quality Percentage Quarterly No Higher percentage indicate faster turnaround TB Programme manager Percentage of HIV-TB Co-infected patients placed on ART Percentage of HIV and TB patients placed on Ante retrovirus Treatment (ART) Monitors the coverage of ART among co-infected population ETR. Net Numerator: Total number of HIV and TB co-infected people placed on ART Denominator: Total number of people with a CD4 count of 350 or less. Dependant on the accuracy of the Electronic TB Register. Output Percentage Quarterly Yes Higher percentage indicate better coverage TB Programme Manager
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