Infrastructure and Equipment

Every STDC/ RTPMC needs to have adequate infrastructure and equipment to conduct its necessary activities. These include broadly three categories; office rooms, training/ meeting rooms and residential/ hostel facilities.

Office Rooms and related equipment.

The STDC office rooms include the chamber of the STDC Director, and appropriate space for the Training and SM&E Section. It is desirable this appropriate office space may be provided along with the STC or along side the training/ meeting rooms. STDCs/ RTPMCs should also be equipped with adequate number of computers/ laptops for each staff of the STDC.

Training/ meeting rooms :

  • Auditorium with a seating capacity of approximately 50 or more. The auditorium should be equipped with necessary audio visual support.
  • Two rooms with seating capacity of 30 each. These may be setup in a manner such that it may be joined together to form a larger room.

Residential/ hostel facilities: Based on the load of training, ie. number of concurrent trainees that are expected to be trained at the STDC, residential facilities for the identified candidates need to be provided. These may be used for housing trainees during in-person sessions, or for housing program managers during review meetings. There should be facilities available for accommodation of minimum 25 participants. The hostels should have appropriate canteen and dining hall arrangements.

Modernized Training Unit: The STDCs/ RTPMCs should be provided with the necessary equipment to effectively deliver trainings as per the requirements of the Modernized Training Strategy of NTEP. The Unit may be installed in the two training/ meeting rooms described above. Modernized Training Units at STDCs require facilities such as:

  1. high speed internet connectivity (either through a >50MBPs leased-line or through a >200MBPs BroadBand/ Fibre connection)
  2. virtual meetings/ knowledge dissemination setup like ECHO hubs/ (Virtual meeting service subscription, 2 Televisions, Camera, speakers, mic)
  3. interactive digital instruction board Or LCD Projector and screen (minimum 2 sets),
  4. trainee level digital devices / tablets (minimum 40)
  5. portable AV equipment such as speakers, wireless microphones for trainings at satellite sites (minimum 2 sets)

Transportation:

The STDCs should be equipped with vehicle support to effectively deliver SM&E activities as per the policies of the State. 

The above training, residential and equipment, facilities ideally should be dedicated for the STDCs/ RTPMU but may also be shared with or borrowed from any regional institute (SIHFW) or medical colleges as appropriate.

Infrastructure for IRLs

IRLs established should have the following infrastructure:

  1. Laboratory section (2 rooms) for sputum examination at least (Processing and Microscopy)
  2. Sample receipt room
  3. One room for sample opening with BSL II facility.
  4. TB containment lab (Details available in Link )
  5. Reagent & Media Preparation room
  6. Equipment area
  7. One washing and sterilization room.
  8. Three physically separated rooms for Conducting LPA.
  9. One room for NAAT activities.
  10. One room for LIMS and DEO and reporting
  11. One staff room with decent washroom for both males and females
  12. One store room

Details of

  1. Equipment are available in Link 
  2. Consumables are available in Link