Certification of TB culture and drug susceptibility testing laboratories through the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP)

J Indian Med Assoc. 2012 Jul;110(7):488-9.

Abstract

The RNTCP is implementing the Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT) for detecting and treating drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). Diagnostic services for DR-TB is provided through a network of RNTCP certified Culture and Drug Susceptibility Testing (C&DST) laboratories.This paper describes about the process involved in certification of C&DST laboratories for different technologies used in RNTCP.

MeSH terms

  • Accreditation / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Accreditation / standards*
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacteriological Techniques / standards*
  • Certification / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Certification / standards*
  • Communicable Disease Control / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Developing Countries*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Laboratories / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Laboratories / standards*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / standards*
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / standards
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / prevention & control

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents