Regina Bhebhe

Regina Bhebhe replied to "Expert Panel May 9-20: Challenges in Rolling-out the Xpert MTB/RIF Diagnostic Test in Resource-Limited Settings" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.

Dear Mark Perkin Thank you for the clarity, but as we work in the laboratories we need to know whether we still have different species. It can be a waste of time but of interest it is good to know whether all what we have as tuberculosis is a different specie. Maybe the solution we need is a simple and an easy method to identify these species like what we have now the Xpert that ...

Regina Bhebhe replied to "Expert Panel May 9-20: Challenges in Rolling-out the Xpert MTB/RIF Diagnostic Test in Resource-Limited Settings" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.

Thank you Gilpin for answer and wht is is required to be done to confirm the MTB. As I had seen people confirming with the coding I thought this was something new. Thank you for the clarity for both questions. Regina (MLSc) Bulawayo Zimbabwe

Regina Bhebhe replied to "Expert Panel May 9-20: Challenges in Rolling-out the Xpert MTB/RIF Diagnostic Test in Resource-Limited Settings" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.

Dear Colleagues Can Chris Gilpin assist in these questions: Question 1.I have a question as we do the xpert there is a need to identify which type of mycobactrium it is? Because as we used to do culture and then identify the type of mycobactrium. Do we now assume that as the results would be resistant to rifampicin it is all the same mycobactrium. There is nolonger any different species such as: mycobactrium bovis or ...

Regina Bhebhe replied to "Problems with ultraviolet air disinfection in high burden settings" in the TB Infection Control community.

Dear Edward A. Nardell, MD I have been reading all comments and question about UVGI. Most of the information is very elaborative and informative, but I do have maybe two questions on uv light and the biosafety cabinet these are in a laboratory setting. Question 1.In biosafetty cabinets there are uv lights that are installed. In some litrerature it is said if you are working with TB smears at the end of the day when ...

Regina Bhebhe replied to "Disposal of sputum for home infection control in MDR TB treatment" in the TB Infection Control community.

Hello Friends: More on Disaposal of sputum for home infection control: This has been taught among the community and to those who were already been diagnosised of TB or who thought they might be suscepts for TB and to those who were already coughing and producing sputa. They were advise to use a blastic container or zinc container that could be at list 2 liters to put sand inside the bucket that could be 1/4 ...