Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)NoticesGuidance Note for a Management and Control Programme for Tuberculosis in the South African Mining IndustryPart B : Author's Guide15. 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% |
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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% |
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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% |
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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% |