The evaluation of tuberculosis clinics for quality standards in public hospitals in Tak Province, 2014

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) clinic is designated as center of treatment and care for TB patients. This descriptive study aimed to evaluat TB clinics in term of quality standards in all 8 public hospitals in Tak Province during June-September 2014. Of the 8 hospitals, only 3 (37.5°/o) achieved quality standards of TB clinics set by NTP. The two standards that all hospitals achieved were the political commitment (Stan­dard no. 1) and TB records and reports (Standard no. 6) The remained 8 standards that hospitals could not achieve were early TB case detection (Standard no. 2), TB diagnosis (Standard no. 3), TB treatment (Standard no. 4), anti-TB drug collaboration management (Standard no. 5), TB infection control (Standard no. 7), TB/HIV (Standard no. 8), programmatic management of drug-resistant TB (Standard no. 9), and treatment outcome (Standard no. 10). These data reflected the room for improvement of hospitals to achieve efficient services.