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Transfer in
DEFINITION
Person who was originally registered in another basic management unit (BMU) tuberculosis register but transferred to the current BMU to continue care.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Person who was originally registered in another BMU Tuberculosis Register but transferred to the current BMU to continue care; s/he retains the previous registration number from the referring BMU and outcomes are reported as part of the original BMU cohort; or a person who was hospitalised prior to being referred (in contrast to transfer, see below) to the BMU (and therefore was not included in a Quarterly Report on Tuberculosis Case Finding in BMU from the hospital).
OTHER DEFINITIONS
MDR-TB patients who have been transferred from another DOTS-Plus register to continue treatment
Patient who has been transferred from another tuberculosis register to continue treatment
Category 4 patients who have been transferred from another register for treatment of drug-resistant TB to continue Category 4 treatment. Their outcomes should be reported to the transferring unit so that it can report their outcomes in the cohort in which they originally started Category 4 treatment. This group is excluded from the quarterly reports of the receiving unit on registration and treatment when results are produced
Patient who has transferred in from another register for treatment of DR-TB to continue Category IV treatment
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