Layered Education Could Be An Effort to Make TB Patients Not Drop Out
Timika, Drop out or stop taking medication prematurely to make unfinished treatment of tuberculosis or tuberculosis. This way also has the potential to trigger MDR TB (Multi Drug Resistance). To avoid this, vital education is given to patients. Only, sometimes there are patients who only say yes when educated but in practice, the patient did not heed the advice to obedient to take medicine. Well, TB Clinic which is part of the Timika Health Center, under the auspices of the Mimika Regency Health Office, implements layered education. So early on, the patient will meet kak Cheryl, she is a nurse. Later on, the patient's data, the completeness of the data, weighing the patient, said the patient was given education, said Dr. Indah Puspitasari as a doctor at TB Clinic, met at Timika Health Center, Timika, Papua, Wednesday (22/3/2017). Then, the patient will be examined by Dr. Indah. During the examination, the patient is also educated about the possibility of TB being experienced. For investigation, the patient may have a sputum test or chest X-ray in the TB Clinic. If indeed the result is positive, then the patient will go to the counselor named Nurdin.Pak Nurdin is giving counseling to the patient. Explain what the consequences if the drug drop out, how important the treatment is complete, and what should be done patients. Including the understanding that eating utensils do not need to be separated, for example, said Dr. Indah.Baca also: Similar But Not the Same, Here's How to Distinguish Lung Cancer Symptoms and TBSetelah 'post' counseling, patients will go to the pharmacy fronted by Peter or familiarly called om Pet. Here, Peter will calculate when the date the patient should control the medication and take the medicine. Each patient has been prepared medicine per boks.So om Pet ngingetin also when the patient must return. During the same time the patient was given education. Proverbs crammed with education deh, said Dr. Indah.Pengawasan drinking drugs also conducted a team of TB Clinic. When there are patients who should control but not come then it will be approached to his house. To facilitate the officers in the field, they are also equipped with a domicile map until the patient's phone number. Proven, powerful layered education lowers the DO level of patients. In 2012, 2013, and 2015, DO amounts to zero percent with cases of 235, 261, and 210. Only, in 2014 with a 206 case number, the DO rate is still 0.9 percent. Dr. Indah said, in TB Clinic, per month there are 700 patient visits. Within a week, usually encountered three to five new cases of TB. Of all the cases, 80 percent is a case of TB Paru.Dalam same occasion, Manager of Community Health Development (CHD) PT Freeport Indonesia, Govert Waramori said zero percent dropout numbers aimed so that no patients who DO so that MDR TB can be spared and certainly for healing patients can be achieved. Here the medicine for free TB from the government. Inspection is free. It's just for the supporting drugs provided by us. Here there is also collaboration if there is a positive TB we invite to check HIV. Likewise if he is HIV positive we take TB test, Govert said. Read also: RI Rank 2 Countries with Unreported TB Cases (rdn / up)
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