Question

info abt disease DOTS​

Answer 1

DOTS: Stands for Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. DOTS is a strategy used to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases. In DOTS, healthcare workers observe patients as they take their medicine.

Answer 2

Answer:

$\underline \mathscr \purple{Question \: : - }$

info abt disease DOTS

$\underline \mathscr \purple{Answer \: : - }$

DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short course) is a strategy to ensure cure by providing the most effective medicine and confirming that it is taken. It is the only strategy which has been documented to be effective Worldwide on a program basis. DOTS ensures that patients take medicines regularly until they are cured. During the intensive phase of treatment, a health worker or other trained person watches as the patient swallows the drug in his presence. During the continuation phase, the patient is issued medicines for one week of which the first dose is taken in presence of health worker or other trained person issuing the drugs. The consumption of medicine in the continuation phase is also checked by return of the empty multibilister combipack when the patient comes to collect medicine for the next week. Sputum microscopy is done at defined intervals during treatment to monitor the patients progress toward cure.