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The LT of the DMC should promptly inform the sample transport agency like a
courier /speed post service, speed post or a human carrier to collect and
transport the samples
As per the national guidelines for biomedical waste management the containers
used fortransporting sputum samples to the RNTCP-certified laboratory should be
labelled with a “BIO-HAZARD” sticker.
For every presumptive DR TB referred by the MO-DMC, the date of referral and
transport ofsputa samples to the Culture & DST laboratory should be entered in the
“Remarks” columnof the respective DMC Lab register and the TB notification
register
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Alternatively the presumptive DR-TB patients referred to nearby
DMCselected for sample collection and transport for C-DST may be provided two
falcon tubes bythe concerned DMC LT/MO and instructed on collecting two samples
(one early morningand one supervised spot). These samples will be taken by the
patient / relative to the DMCselected for sample collection for C-DST from where
these will be packed in cold boxes andtransported to the RNTCP-certified laboratory
for culture and DST. Once the sputum hasbeen transported to the RNTCP-certified
laboratory, the p should return tocontinue their RNTCP DOTS treatment.
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