THE TRAINING PHC WORKERS IN DOTS
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｡?upervision and reporting of the ingestion of the oral treatment, the patient's condition, and the presence of drug related side-effects.
｡?iving instructions for the following visit to the health unit for periodical sputum examination.
｡?btaining reasons for failure of treatment.
｡?ecording and reporting of treatment activities.
｡?eferral of patient to the referral level when it is needed.
D. MONITORING
｡?ase-finding: the number of symptomatic, the specimens collected, the proportion of positive specimens.
｡?OTS: the numbers of patients under DOTS among the patients registered, the number of patients cures among those detected in the previous year.
TIAN JIN RURAL'S SUCCESS STORY
In 1990 the rural areas of Tian jin began the integration of TB control into it's primary health care system. This integration was in accordance with the DOTS requirements and met with great success.
