Publications by authors named "Vasudevan Chitraleka"
Teaching methods need continuous innovation to encourage undergraduate medical students to enhance their competency level and skills. Every undergraduate medical student should be able to discuss the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) and Direct Observed Treatment Short (DOTS) course recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). The DOTS strategy was launched in 1992, with the objective of detecting at least 70% of new sputum-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients and curing at least 85% of such patients.
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- * A study conducted from June 2013 to June 2014 collected and analyzed 140 samples from a hospital's wastewater recycling plant, identifying various pathogens, including Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia, that survived the treatment process.
- * Findings indicate that effluent treatment plants need stricter monitoring and quality control to prevent the spread of multi-drug resistant organisms in hospitals.