Table 1.
Sl. No | Facility assessed | AIC guidelines | Components of assessment | Number of centers with satisfactory compliance to AIC guidelines (n = 6) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DR-TB Ward | Administrative | Location and design | 1 |
Visitor restriction | 0 | |||
Hand hygiene | 4 | |||
Cough hygiene | 1 | |||
Wet mopping | 4 | |||
Human resources training | 1 | |||
Environmental | Ventilation | 5 | ||
Personal Protective | Personal Protective Equipment | 0 | ||
2 | Patient waiting area | Administrative | Cough hygiene | 0 |
Patient fastracking | 1 | |||
Wet mopping | 4 | |||
Environmental | Ventilation | 6 | ||
3 | Chest medicine/ internal medicine Out Patient Department | Administrative | Hand hygiene | 6 |
Wet mopping | 4 | |||
Human resources training | 3 | |||
Environmental | Ventilation | 5 | ||
Personal Protective | Personal Protective Equipment | 0 | ||
4 | CDST Laboratory (n = 3) | Administrative | Standard Operating Procedures | 2 |
Human resources training | 3 | |||
Signage | 2 | |||
Lab reports | 2 | |||
Bio-safety checklist | 2 | |||
Hand hygiene | 3 | |||
Location and design | 3 | |||
Restricted entry | 3 | |||
Sterilization | 3 | |||
Personal Protective | Personal Protective Equipment | 3 |
AIC airborne infection control, DR-TB drug resistant tuberculosis, CDST culture and Drug Sensitivity testing