“Who has to do it at the end of the day? Programme officials or hospital authorities?” Airborne infection control at drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) centres of Karnataka, India: a mixed-methods study

Table 1 Compliance to Airborne Infection Control guidelines among the DR-TB Centers in Karnataka, India, 2016-17 (n = 6)

Sl. No	Facility assessed	AIC guidelines	Components of assessment	Number of centers with satisfactory compliance to AIC guidelines (n = 6)
1	DR-TB Ward	Administrative	Location and design	1
			Visitor restriction	0
			Hand hygiene	4
			Cough hygiene	1
			Wet mopping	4
			Human resources training	1
		Environmental	Ventilation	5
		Personal Protective	Personal Protective Equipment	0
2	Patient waiting area	Administrative	Cough hygiene	0
			Patient fastracking	1
			Wet mopping	4
		Environmental	Ventilation	6
3	Chest medicine/ internal medicine Out Patient Department	Administrative	Hand hygiene	6
			Wet mopping	4
			Human resources training	3
		Environmental	Ventilation	5
		Personal Protective	Personal Protective Equipment	0
4	CDST Laboratory (n = 3)	Administrative	Standard Operating Procedures	2
			Human resources training	3
			Signage	2
			Lab reports	2
			Bio-safety checklist	2
			Hand hygiene	3
			Location and design	3
			Restricted entry	3
			Sterilization	3
		Personal Protective	Personal Protective Equipment	3

AIC airborne infection control, DR-TB drug resistant tuberculosis, CDST culture and Drug Sensitivity testing

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