DOT Competency

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DOT Competency Quiz

Welcome to the DOT Competency Quiz! This quiz is designed for healthcare professionals involved in Directly Observed Therapy (DOT). It aims to assess your knowledge and understanding of protocols and best practices in managing patients.

Evaluate your readiness for first visits.
Test your knowledge on patient monitoring and medication management.
Ensure compliance with safety protocols and documentation procedures.

15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by MonitoringNurse57

DOT First Visit: Which of the following is WRONG during first visit?

Document in freetext, if patient has appointment the next day even thou is first visit

Check 2 identifier, Check NEHR medication list tally with DOT Form,

Orientation to clinic, Engage patient to recognized DOT medication and report side effect experiences

DDS DOT referral form, DOT form & DOT counselling checklist

DOT First Visit: Patients who are under Liver Alert we as DOT nurse need to closely monitor for Side effect: (Please tick the correct type of liver alert. Hint there are 7 types)

DOT First Visit: Advice Patient to Don on surgical mask if their DOT treatment is less then ____ ? (Can be check on the DOT referral form for date of start treatment)

1 month

1 week

2 week

2 months

DOT First Visit: When do DOT nurse pack medication for patient?

As requested by patient or caregiver in destress

When faxed received and instructed by TBCU or sunday and Public holidays

As requested by polyclinic Doctor

As requested by Nurse Mangers or Seniors Staff Nurses

DOT First Visit: Which are the correct action to do if patient report having side effect of DOT medication (choose more then 1 answer)

Served first then inform TBCU

Stop do not serve DOT medication first

Informed TBCU and take instruction from TBCU to serve DOT or not.

Document everything in Freetext only

Document everything in freetext & DOT form

Served first and write down in DOT form then inform TBCU

First Visit: Patient complain that DOT medicine has extra white tablet, what is your next course of action?

Timeout: call another staff to counter check with you

Timeout: check by yourself and assure patient is correct

Timeout: Trust patient and just remove the white tablet patient claims

Timeout: do not need to check just assure patient is correct

Going for TCU: Which are the action to be done?

Served DOT & return folder immediately

Served DOT, document DOT form & freetext, print out latest DOT page, file in TCU folder. (make sure TX number & TCU date is written on the photocopied) Return brown folder to patient

Served DOT, document DOT form, print out latest DOT page and file in TCU folder.

Served DOT, document in freetext, print out latest DOT page and file in TCU folder.

**** THIS IS NOT ANSWER BUT A REMINDER ** Please make sure you remove the DOT form from the printer after photocopy & not returning to patient an empty brown folder :)

Coming back from Appointment: What are the action to be done? (choose more then 1 answer)

Check NEHR/CPRS if foreigner medication tallies with DOT form as of the dated TCU

DOT form must have TBCU Dr's stamp and date of TCU

Document in N-ProMed

Document in freetext

Document in freetext if patient only when for Mantoux Test Nil Dr review

Any medication discrepancy contact TBCU & highlight . Follow up & verify the discrepancy

Photocopy DOT form and send for DDS

Nil changes do not need to document in N-Promed

Management of Defaulter: By what time DOT nurse need to call and remind patient?

Weekdays:by 1500hrs Saturday: 1100hrs

Weekdays: by 1600hrs Saturday: 1200hrs

Weekdays: by 1630hrs Saturday: 1200hrs

Weekdays: by 1530hrs Saturday: 1130hrs

Management of Defaulter: Patient defaulted daily DOT, what are your course of action?

Give chance to patient tomorrow then inform TBCU

Email TBCU & CC NMs + DOT Champs(No NRIC only TX number and name as 2 identifier)

Put up alert card

Update in handover report

Document in DOT form

Document in freetext

Handover to late duty nurse

Photocopy DOT form and send for DDS

How does DOT nurse knows if patient is discharge or transfer to another institution?

Via faxed from TBCU, Document in freetext and shred photocopied DOT form kept in TCU folder (If any)

If patient's DOT brown folder in Woodlands Polyclinic but patient is discharged/left country, used the dispatched book sent via internal mail. (Pls follow up the return of the book)

TBCU will faxed and no need for documentation

Polyclinic Dr will decide for discharge

General DOT Reminder: check the boxes and agreed that you have read the following as reminder:

Endorse sample signature and stamp name on the bottom right hand corner of the page for reference.

Do not transcribe anything onto the DOT form.

Received faxed from TBCU: action done please strike off: state: NAME, DATE, TIME ACTION & SIGNATURE. (keep for 1 month then shred)

Daily review of TCU folder please.

Pounding of DOT medication please wear glove and surgical mask (WI-NUR-COP-020.A02)

Always check both pages of DOT form tally before serving DOT

DOT chiller to be clean once every month. Temperature range: 12 - 24 degree celcius

Anything written in handover need to have an Alert card in the DOT brown folder as a visual reminder

DOT exemption Drug file in Jdrive, current one is Rifampicin. Any changes in batch / expiry please update "start date usage"

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