Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
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 Guide5. Treatment category |
Patients should be classified as either "new" or " previously treated" patients as follows:
| 5.1 | New patients are those who are a new case of TB or a new case of MDR-TB; and |
| 5.2 | Previously treated patients are those who: |
| 5.2.1 | Have taken TB treatment for 4 weeks or more in the past and either relapsed, defaulted or had treatment failure and possibly having positive or negative smear microscopy and culture or extra pulmonary TB disease; or |
| 5.2.2 | In the case of MDR-TB, are previously treated with first-line drugs only. |
