Annual Administrative Report 2010-11 - Department of Health ...

STANDARD TREATMENT GUIDELINESThe Standard Treatment Guidelines (STG) are systematically developed statement designedto assist the providers and their clients in making decisions about appropriate health carefor specified clinical circumstances. In order to streamline treatment at the Primary HealthCare facilities, the IHFW steered the development of a Draft STG and guided its piloting inthe districts of North and South 24 Paraganas from July to December 2009. Activities underthe pilot were reviewed on March 2010 in a state level meeting under the chairmanship ofthe Additional Chief Secretary and in presence of the Honorable Health Minister of WestBengal.Steps initiated by IHFW1. Development and printing of the Revised Edition of the STG in January 2010 andimparting training with the help of the document.2. Facility assessment for gap identification and adoption of corrective measures with thehelp of the Operational Manual developed for facility assessment. The primary objectiveof introduction of STG is to standardize treatment, infrastructure, human resources,capacity building, and supply of logistics and develop good prescription practices withthe overall objective to improve the quality of services at the primary level health carefacilities of the state. IHFW revised the “Operational Manual” used during the pilot. Theoperational manual is a tool used to identify gaps for adoption of corrective measures atfacility, district and state level. Monitoring officers were trained in the technique offacility assessment and Data Entry Operators in data management. Faculty membersfrom the department of Community Medicine and Pharmacology assisted in the facilityassessment during the pilot.25 | P a g e Institute of Health and Family Welfare