Rapid Diagnostic Tests - NVBDCP

Quality Assurance of Malaria Diagnostic tests
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Name of the Chapter Page No.
Foreword
i
Preface
ii
Acknowledgements
iii
List of contributors
iv and v
Procedural history
vi
List of acronyms
vii
Glossary
viii and ix
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2
Current Status of malaria rapid diagnostic 2
tests and Quality Assurance
Chapter 3 Rapid Diagnostic tests for malaria 3-7
diagnosis
3.1 Types of RDT kits available 3
3.2 Types of RDT formats 3
3.3 Sensitivity and specificity 3
3.4 Stability 3
3.5 Storage 4
3.6 Mechanism of Action of RDTs 4-5
3.7 Advantages of RDTs 5
3.8 Misleading results 5-6
3.9 Use of RDTs under NVBDCP 6
3.10 Guidelines for receving / dispatching and 6-7
storing of RDTs at periphery
Chapter 4
Quality assurance of malaria diagnostic 8-12
tests
4.1 Quality assurance programme 8
4.1.1 Objectives 8-9
4.1.2 Structural set up for QA 9
4.1.2.1 Leadership 9
4.1.2.2 Confidentiality 9
4.1.2.3 Procedure 9-10
4.1.3 Main components 10-11
4.1.4 Expected outcome 11
4.2 Standard operating procedures manual in 11
malaria diagnosis
4.2.1 Broad structural components of SOP 12
4.3 Proposed QAP for RDTs
SOP- Rapid Diagnostic Tests
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