title: [Joining forces for quality improvement in tuberculosis control].
abstract: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the Netherlands is declining every year. We fear there may be a loss of knowledge and awareness of detecting TB in the new generation of medical specialists. As medical specialists a great challenge lies before us in maintaining the quality of TB control in the Netherlands. Collaboration between pulmonologist, infectious disease specialist, microbiologist and the public health services is a necessity. Here we describe how, in the region of Arnhem, we work closely with these medical specialists based on structural multidisciplinary meetings. We also describe two of the quality indicators - doctor's delay and HIV testing policy - which are included in the national plan for TB control for 2016-2020. We explain how we intend to maintain and improve the quality of TB control by means of our structural meetings and collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Radboudumc, afd. Infectieziekten, Nijmegen.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: M J T
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van de Ven
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009426:Netherlands; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*