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Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)

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Guidance Note for a Management and Control Programme for Tuberculosis in the South African Mining Industry

Part B : Author's Guide

15. Performance indicators

 

15.1 The employer’s TB control programme should provide for the collection of data that will allow calculation of the following:
15.1.1 Percentage of TB, MDR-TB and XDR TB patients started treatment;
15.1.2 Percentage of TB patients tested for HIV;
15.1.3 Percentage of TB/HIV co-infected patients on ART (not started);
15.1.4 Percentage of TB patients with known HIV status;
15.1.5 Percentage of all employees screened for TB;
15.1.6 New Smear Positive Cure Rates;
15.1.7 New Smear Positive Death Rates;
15.1.8 New Smear Positive Defaulter Rates;
15.1.9 Treatment success for all TB;
15.1.10 Defaulter rate for all TB; and
15.1.11 Death rate for All TB.

 

Indicator definitions and targets (as per NTBMG)


INDICATOR

DESCRIPTION

SOURCE

COLLECTION

TARGET

1

New smear positive cure rates.

Numerator: Number of new smear positive cases cured.

Denominator: Total number of new smear- positive cases started on treatment.

Electronic TB Register

(ETR.net)

Quarterly

More than 90%

2

New smear positive death

rates

Numerator: Number of new smear positive cases that died.

Denominator: Total number of new smear-positive cases started on treatment.

ETR.net

Quarterly

Less than 5%

3

New smear positive defaulter rate.

Numerator: Number of new smear positive cases that defaulted treatment.

Denominator: Total number of new smear-positive cases started on treatment.

ETR.net

Quarterly

Less than 5%

4

Treatment success for all TB

Numerator: Number of all TB cases cured and completed treatment.

Denominator: Total number of all TB cases started on treatment.

ETR.net

Quarterly

More than 90%

5

Death rate for all TB

Numerator: Number of all TB cases that died.

Denominator: Total number of all TB cases started on treatment.

ETR.net

Quarterly

Less than 5%

6

Defaulter rate for all TB cases

Numerator: Number of all TB cases that defaulted treatment.

Denominator: Total number of all TB cases started on treatment

ETR.net


Less than 5%

7

Percentage of TB patients started on treatment

Numerator: Number of TB patients started on treatment.

Denominator: Number of patients diagnosed with TB the ratio multiplied by 100.

ETR.net

Monthly

100%

8

Percentage MDR-TB and patients started on treatment

Numerator: Number of MDR-TB patients started on treatment.

Denominator: Number of patients diagnosed with TB the ratio multiplied by 100

ETR.net

Monthly

100%

9

Percentage of TB patients tested for HIV

Numerator: Number of TB patients tested for HIV.

Denominator: The number of TB patients. The ratio multiplied by 100.



90%

10

Percentage of TB patients with known HIV status

Numerator: Number of TB patients with known HIV status.

Denominator:

Number of all TB cases. The ratio to be multiplied by 100.



90%

11

Percentage of TB/HIV co-infected patients on

ART (not started on TB treatment)

Numerator: The number of TB/HIV co- infected patients on ART.

Denominator: The number of all TB cases. The ratio to be multiplied by 100.



90%

12

Percentage of all employees screened for TB

Numerator: Number of employees screened for TB.

Denominator:

Number of all employees. The ratio multiplied by 100.



100%