Lack of patient registration in the electronic TB register for sputum smear-positive patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Tuberculosis

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 567-568

  Bristow, Claire C ^a   Dilraj, Athmanundh ^b   Margot, Bruce ^c   Podewils, Laura Jean ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Republic of South Africa Provincial Department of Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Case finding; Sputum smear; Surveillance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

CASE FINDING; SPUTUM SMEAR; SURVEILLANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84882245332     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.05.001     Document Type: Note

References (3)

1. National TB Guidelines Health Do National Tuberculosis Management Guidelines 2009 Republic of South Africa Department of Health Republic of South Africa
2. L.J. Podewils, and L.E. Bronner Assessment of the Republic of South Africa national tuberculosis control program surveillance system and electronic tuberculosis register February 2012 National Department of Health Report
3. A. Dilraj, C.C. Bristow, C. Connolly, B. Margot, S. Dlamini, and L.J. Podewils Validation of sputum smear results in the electronic tuberculosis register for diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in South Africa International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2013 in press