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Assessment Of Public Facilities For Readiness To Deliver Antiretroviral Therapy

ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR READINESS TO DELIVER ANTIRETROVIRAL

THERAPY

Hospital/ Clinic ____________________________________Date _________________________

General:

A written plan of how to deliver ART is made and understood by the Clinic team (one page

maximum, to be available on the day of assessment)

Patient Flow Described

Yes

Discussed

Service days Specified

Yes

Discussed

Days between Group counselling and Initiation

All hospital / clinic staff are briefed about the delivery of ARV therapy

Yes

HTC Service:

**There is a service for providing counselling and HIV testing, or if not conducted in the hospital or

clinic there is a mechanism of being able to refer clients and patients to /from a HTC service

Yes

Counsellors working in the clinic/ hospital are briefed in ARV therapy

Yes

Dedicated room for HTC available at the HTC site

Yes

National standard HTC register available at the HTC site

Yes

HIV test kits stock card available at the HTC site

Yes

Infection prevention measures observed at all times

Yes

HIV / ARV Clinic

Dedicated room available for HIV/ART services

Yes

Is the room well equipped? (Check for the following)

**Chairs

Yes

**Table

Yes

Exam. Couch

Yes

Assessment Of Public Facilities For Readiness To Deliver Antiretroviral Therapy