Badri Thapa
About Badri Thapa
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Laboratory Professional
Organization
- SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV AIDS Centre - STAC
Work Location(s)
- Nepal
Language(s)
Badri's Communities
- [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention
- Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases
- [ARCHIVED] HIV Prevention
- HIV Treatment & Prevention
- Integrating M&E for Health Systems Strengthening - April 2-6 2012
- Malaria Treatment & Prevention
- MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
- Strengthening Health Systems: The Role of NGOs - November 7-11 2011
- TB Infection Control
Recent Contributions
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Badri Thapa replied to "Smear positive but culture negative" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
Thank you. This is true Mamma and false positivity is governed by several factors like; slide quality/ sputum quality/smear quality/staining technique/ Microscopic technique/ recording and reporting. In summary, pre-nalytical, analytical post-analytical steps and internal and external quality control/assurance mechanisms is crucial to ensure every steps are correctly performed and then ...
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Badri Thapa replied to "Smear positive but culture negative" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
following could be the reasons which friends have already discussed and yet new to the discussion 1. Dead bacilli expectorated in the sputum 2. Delay in the sputum specimen transportation in the laboratory if sputum is transported to culturing laboratory and no preservatives added of if added quality is not ...
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.