TB Treatment Card

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TB Treatment Card

Learning Objectives

significance and contents of treatment card

Content

The Tuberculosis Treatment Card is a paper-based recording form that is kept in the institution treating the TB patient under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP). It is a pre-requisite documentation related to treatment services offered to TB patients under NTEP.

Uses of the TB Treatment Card

The TB treatment card is primarily used for:

Documenting administered drugs with their dosages
Documenting follow-up investigation results
Monitoring adherence to treatment
Recording adverse events
Recording treatment outcomes

There are two pages in the TB treatment card and details in each page is delineated in the table below.

Table: Parts of the Treatment Card; *Source: NTEP Training Module 2 for Programme Managers & Medical Officers, p. 105*
PAGE	DETAILS CONTAINED IN PAGE
The First Page	Patient details such as name, age, sex and address of the patient
	Type of disease
	History of anti-TB treatment
	Regimen prescribed and duration of treatment
	Results of investigation before and during treatment
	Comorbidity-related information
	Contact tracing and chemoprophylaxis details
	Social habits such as tobacco and alcohol use
The Back Page	Details of intensive and continuation phases of treatment including drug details and adherence monitoring
	Retrieval actions for missing doses
	Adverse events
	Post treatment follow-up, nutritional support details and remarks
	Treatment outcome

Important Points to Note

The TB treatment card is filled at the Peripheral Health Institution (PHI) when a patient is initiated on treatment.
The original TB treatment card is kept at the PHI and updated fortnightly.
A duplicate treatment card is to be given to the treatment supporter for documentation of daily events.
The treatment supporter should be trained on how to record the treatment card.
Details on the patient’s HIV status are not included in the treatment supporter’s copy to maintain confidentiality.

The figure below shows the 1^st page of the TB treatment card. Click here to access the full form in the NTEP Training Modules 1-4 for Programme Managers & Medical Officers, p. 223.