TABLE 2.

Availability of tuberculosis wards away from non-infectious wards: Quantitative data.

Hospital	Is there a tuberculosis ward away from non-infectious wards in this hospital?
A	Yes: There is a cubicle for TB suspects in the TB ward; TB ward is for all confirmed TB cases.
B	No: TB patients are nursed in medical wards
C	No: Separate areas for TB suspects for now. TB patients are nursed in a medical ward. TB ward is for patients on streptomycin only.
D	Yes: TB suspects are nursed in TB ward in a suspect cubicle. Confirmed cases are nursed in TB wards in their own cubicles.
E	No: TB patients are admitted in their isolation ward, which isolates all infectious cases, even when non-TB.
F	No: There is no TB ward. TB patients are nursed in a medical ward, but there are cubicles for TB suspects, one for sputum-positive TB and one for MDR-TB.
G	No: There is no TB ward. All TB patients are nursed in medical ward amongst other non-infectious patients.
Conclusion:	Four hospitals do not have separate TB wards. Of the three that do have TB wards, one utilises this ward only to care for patients on streptomycin.

TB, tuberculosis; MDR, multi-drug resistant.